FINAL PORT OF CALL FOR THREE
STEAMSHIP COMPANIES
HEADQUARTERS U. & SIGNAL CORPS
COMMUNICATION FACILITIES IN
ALASKA PROPER
COAST TERMINAL FOR THE ALASKA
RAILROAD
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 235. SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1927. PRICE TEN CENTS
FUR PRICES SEATTLE
AUCTION BH FI
PRICES ALASKANS
MINK DOWN TO $24; ALL VARIE
TIES OF FOX WERE IN EXCEL.
LENT DEMAND AT SALE
SEATTLE, Oct. 27. (£>)—All varie
ties of fox continued to be in good de
mand at the monthly auction sale of
t1 the Seattle Fur Exchange.
Red fox averaged $36; 90 Alaska
Interior fox brought $35. Forty of the
best skins sold for $76; 50 white fox
averaged $44. Seventy-five of the
best lot went for $60 and superior
cross fox at $170. Average Interior
Alaskan went from $35 to $50.
The silver fox collection were infer
ior grades; muskrats were half sold
averaging $1.60 a decline of 10 /per
cent. The best lot went for $1.78.
Low grade mink average $11 and 10
of the best lot of Alaskans went for
$19. Fifty lynx averaged $33, the best
4 lot bringing $50. Fifty marten aver
aged $20 and 15 of the best Yukon’s
$46. Fifty of the best lot of ermine
brought $3. Interior Alaskans $1.50
and two otter averaged $28. Beaver
brought $24; 9170 beavers Acre sold.
Bear averaged $11:70.
FRANCE DETERMINED
TO OBTAIN SMALL
CONCESSIONS U. S
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OFFICIALS DECLARE GOVERN
MENT CANNOT GRANT IN AD
VANCE ANY FAVORS
PARIS, Oct. 27. (JP)—General atti
tude among officials in France is that
a chance for the solution of tariff dif
ficulties has been minimized by the
United States’ refusal to accept what
France considered the best offer.
Officials in giving the French posi
tion declared the Government could
not grant in advance of negotiations
most favored nation treatment when
t) this was the utmost the United
States could expect by a formal treaty.
Such a move would practically com
mit France to definite action. In ad
dition officials said the majority of the
French Cabinet is determined that
France shall obtain some small con
jp cessions in exchange for the rights
granted the United States.
HIHI TIFF HITES
FIANCE, SUSPENDED
PARIS, Oct. 27. (JP)—Higher tariff
rates recently imposed on American
imports by the French have been sus
pended pending negotiations Jor a
commercial treaty, Minister of Com
merce Bokanovski announced today.
THOT SHE HAD THE FLU?
MADRID, Oct. 27. (/?)— Ruth Elder
and George Haldeman arrived in a
Junkers plane from Lisbon. They
plan to continue on to Paris then
board the steamship Mauretania for
the United States on Saturday.
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RESCUE SHIPS SPEEO
FOR PORT WITH FOLK
FROM SUNKEN VESSEL
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RIO JANEIRO, Oct. 27. (JP)—Rescue
ships sped toward Rio Janeiro carry
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,ing hundreds of passengers snatched
from death when the S. S. Mafalda
sank. Reports indicated all but 68
of 998 passengers and 240 members of
the crew were saved.
34*REPORTED MISSING
MONTIVIDEO,. Uruguay, Oct. 27.
(IP)—Only 34 persons aboard the
Steamer Principessa Mafalda were
missing late yesterday, said messages
j received .by the company’s local agen
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STATEMENT INTERPRETED WILL
CALL OUT NATIONAL GUARDS
IF TROUBLE STARTS
DENVER, Oct. 27. (#)—Governor
Adams officially outlawed the I. W.
W. strike offering to use every instru
ment within his power to enforce law
and protect life and property.
He characterized the I. W. W. as an
; un-American organization which
“openly, publicly, advocated and prac
ticed defiance and violation of the law.
The picketing is an intimadation of
their unlawful practice.”
1- The state interference will take
place, the Governor said, when the
county peace officers are unable to
enforce law. The statement is inter
preted to mean in the event of vio
lence he will call out the national
guard.
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PHUT IF TESTIMONY
OF HARRY SINCLAIR
IS EXCLUDED TIL
STATEMENT IS ADMITTED AS
SINCLAIR HAD NOT BEEN
PLACED UNDER OATH
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. (^—Jus
tice Siddons excluded part of the tes
timony of Harry Sinclair before the
Senate oil committee from the Tea
pot Dome trial.
While excluding the special offer of
testimony from December 4, 1923, !
Judge Siddons admitted the statement I
made by Sinclair to the oil committee
as he was not placed under oath at
that time consequently is not a wit
ness in a legal sense.
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CASSIA! TRAPPERS SAY
QUAKE SHOOK 'EM OP
WRANGELL, Oct. 27. (JP)—Trappers
who reached here in a small river
boat from the Cassiar mining district
in northern British Columbia reported
the earthquake Monday was very se
vere at the point they camped on the
Stikine River, 50 miles northeast of
Wrangell.
WILD SCRAMBLE FOR LEASES
FOLLOWS IN WAKE OF NEW
7,000 BARREL WELL
AMARILLO, Texas, Oct. 27. (/P)—
Another big gusher in the Panhandle
has started a wild scramble for leases
and there is great commotion in local
oil circles. The Delaney No. 1, Jack
son in Gray county increased its flow
to 302 barrels an hour, or at the rate
of 7,248 barrels a day, and the price
of leases in the vicinity jumped sky
high overnight.
This new well is located in the east
half of. the southwest quarter of sec
tion 88, block B-2. It extends the
field nearly a mile south from the
Gulf-Bowers which came in last week
making 2,000 barrels. The gravity of
the oil from the newest producer is
the highest ever found in the Panhan
dle, testing 44.6, and commanding top
prices. The total depth of the well is
given as 3,085 feet.
Numerous lease deals have been re
ported. Officials of the Shamrock
Oil Co., which recently sold part of its
holdings for a $1,500,000 are said to
have just purchased $181,000 worth of
leases near this well. One lease of 80
acres, which changed hands just be
fore the enormous size of the well had
become known, is reported to have
brought $50,000.
This new Panhandle sensation has
brought great joy to the officials and
stockholders in Matador Oil Corpora
tion. Matador owns 200 acres in Gray
county, and this property now seems
to be greatly enhanced in value.
USING AIRPLANES TO
CARRY ON PROSPECT
WORK IN THE YUKON
PLANE IS FIRST WHICH COMPANY
USE TO EXPLORE INACCESSI
BLE PORTIONS REGION
WHITEHORSE, 'Y. T. Oct. 27. (/P)
Lieutenant A. D. Cruickshank made |
a pretty landing with the monoplane
“Queen of the Yukon” from Skagway
which arrived from Skagway in a few
minutes over one hour.
This is the first plane which the
Yukon Airways and Exploration Co.
is bringing in particularly for explor
ation and prospecting the inacces
sible portions of the country. White
horse will be the base of operations.
IN IS CALLED OFF
SEVOOGGA, St. Lawrence Island,
Alaska, Oct. 27. (j*P)—Search for the
lone seaman who landed on October
12 on the eastern shore of St. Law
rence Island In a 12 foot steel boat
during a snowstorm has been aband
oned. The belief is expressed no
white man could have survived the
blinding storms.
I SCHOOL SUPE1TEUT
FAVORED THE ENGLISH
SAYS IVOR THOMPSON
CHICAGO, Oct. 27. (£>)—Much, inter,
est has been aroused over the trial of
Superintendent of Schools Andrews on
a charge of having written into school
books information prejudicial to
American Continentals during the rev
olutionary war. Mayor Thompson is
behind a move to oust the Superin
tendent on the grounds that he favor
ed the British in the accounts of the
battles.
RIGID DRY RULING
GOES INTO EFFECT
IN NEW YORK CITY
SUPREME COURT SAYS PADLOCKS
WILL CLOSE UP UNLAWFUL
JOINTS FOR A YEAR
NEW YORK, Oct. 27. (/P)—Quoting
one of the most rigid dry rulings ever
handed down by the United States
Supreme court prohibition administra
tor of New York, Maurice Campbell,
threatened to padlock every night
club, cabaret, resturant and hotel
dining room that provided accessories
for customers who drank their own
alcoholic beverages furnishing crack
ed ice, ginger ale or mineral waters to
guests who use the same to make
drinks palatable is punishable by one
year’s padlocking Campbell declared.
The Supreme court ruled that the
place that committed any stipulated
acts was abetting in violation of the
i Volstead law and as such was a nui
1 sance.
QUEEN II SAYS
REPORT THE BUNK
REGARDING SUICIDE
PRINCESS ILEANA HAS NO THOT I
OF MARRYING NOW OR NEAR
FUTURE
LONDON, Oct. 27. (JP)—Dowager !
Queen Marie and Princess Ileana of
Rumania both indignantly denied any
marriage had been contemplated be
tween the Princess and a naval officer
and branded as preposterous rumors
that the Princess Ileana attempted
suicide because the elopement was
frustrated. The Princess when inter
viewed said she had no thought of
marriage.
NEW YORK EXPERIENCES
CHANCE IN WEATHER
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NEW ~ YORK, Oct. 27. (JP)—New
York was visited by a driving rain
storm accompanied by high winds j
which swept the city for 24 hours (
and brought an unusual drop in tem- .
perature. The minimum temperature !
was 48 and the maximum 54. I
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BASES STATEMENT ON RECENT
INVESTIGATION BY MEMBERS
OF HIS CABINET
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. (^—Pres
ident Coolidge says that business con
cLRions in the United States are im
proving constantly and prospects for
greater prosperity than ever in Amer
ica are bright.
The President based bis statement
on the investigation carried on by
members of his cabinet which show
ed the economic foundations of the
United States are more firm than
ever before.
The investigation by members of
the cabinet has proved conclusively
that the country i& on a sound basis,
according to the report handed the
President. Exports have showed a
volume increase and imports have de
creased though there are larger mon
etary increase in relations to the im
ports of 1926.
The President expressed the great
est of satisfaction with the report.
He said the railroads, while showing
small signs of slipping from the
great peaks of 1926, were still evi
dencing great strength; he expressed
the opinion that dimentions in pas
senger traffic would not seriously af
fect profits over the year.
REDONDO ARRIVES
KETCHIKAN, BRINGS
MORE QUAKE NEWS
WINDOWS BROKEN IN THE CAPE
ST. ELIAS LIGHTHOUSE STA
TION; REGION SAKEN
KETCHIKAN, Oct. 27. (^—Fur
ther evidence that Monday’s quake
centered in the Gulf of Alaska was
brought by the Steamer Redondo, of
the Alaska Steamship company, in
port today southbound from West
ward Alaska. Windows were broken,
in the €a,pe St. Elias Lighthouse
station and that particular region
severely shaken.
The Cape Spencer lighthouse sta
tion received a lesser shock. Heavy
seas accompanied the quake. A tow
line from the Redondo to the hali
buter Seymour broke and the Sey
mour drifted helplessly about for
three hours.
MONTANA MINE SOLD
FOB SUM OF $350,000
WALLACE, Idaho, Oct. 27. (vP)—A
report from Missoula says that the
Silver Cable Mining Co., has sold its
property to a company of the same
name recently incorporated here by
G. W. Ringle, Morris pearson and
others. The consideration as report
ed is $350,000 but terms of payment
have not been announced.
The Silver Cable mine is situated
east of Mullan just over the line in
Montana. It is a property of real
merit, its extensive development hav
ing disclosed quite a large tonnage of
zinc and lead-silver. Several ship
ments have been made from the pro
perty, the ore being delivered to the
railroad at Taft.