Seward, the Alaska City of Opportunity
VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 2.
REWARD, ALASKA SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1931.
PRICE TEN
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IRQ OF IMI
ID FRffl IDOL
JQFFRE PASSES
WOULD HAVE REACHED AGE
OF 79 DAY FOLLOWING
DEATH
PARIS, Jan., 3, (/P)—Death
came to Marhall Joffre the last
etiie of the French military
leaders in the World war after
a fortnight’s illness in which it
was necesary to amputate the
left leg.
Marhall Joffre would have
been 79 years o: age today. The
end came peacefully.
Three members of the family.
Ins wife, son-in-law, M. Lafile,
and brtuhor Ferdinand. General
Issaly, chief of staff; Colonel
Desmazt'. the staff of doctors
and a few others, were present,
Marshall Joffre died without
coming.out _of :he coma which
came over him Thursday. The
announcement was made at 8;30
a, m. by a member of military
hout-"haid. Capt. St, Cernin who,
d pale with emotion, emerged from
he hospital and in a husky
voice, told newspaper men “Mar
e-mil Joffre is dead, gentlemen;”
v- dim,;.pa. d a bulletin signed
by the physicians umo set the
end at 8:23 a. m
Crowds oaf ide,: the hospital
hared th . : "v Women. made
the sign of the mors. La rites
v. r given by ’lie C tin .'.i
ehureli#''shortly before the ’ end.
He will bo buried with a na
tional humeral as ebb
that tendered Foch but th- foody
v.o’l nut lie in state under the
Arch tie Triwiup e for the M r
■n-II .aid he didn’t wish his
Hoops and the people of Paris
risking their he* 1th in winter to
do him honor. He expressed the
esire. months ago. that when
he died he wanted to be buried
a; Louvc Ciemnes. his country
tome.
WASHINGTON, Jan-, 3, (TP)—
A resolution will be introduced in
The Senate calling' for the with
drawal of American marines
from Nicaragua, Senator King
-*f Utah, Democrat, announced.*
“We should wtihdraw from
Nicaragua both in a military and
political way and leave the Nic
araguans to work out their own
destiny,” he said.
BIG FIRE LOSS
JERSEY CITY, N. J., Jan., 3,
t/P)—Fire caused by a short cir
cuit swept through five barges
of the Pennsylvania Railroad’s
Greenville terminal and caused
damage officially estimated at
several hundred thousand dol
lars. One man was injured.
EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3. (TP) —
Earthquake shocks were recorded
at Fordham University, New York
at 4:56 EST., and at 1:55 a. m. PST.,
on the University of California
seismograph. Scientist at both the
universities placed the disturbance
in the Pacific Oceon off the shore
of Mexico.
RECORDED IT SEISM
SEATTLE, Jan., 2, (/P)— Earth j
disturbances of mild intensity I
starting at 1:54 a. m. and con-!
tinning until 3 a. m. were re- !
corded at the University of j
Washington seismograph.
Walter M. Chappel of the Uni
versity estimated the tremors oc
curred about 1700 miles away
probably in the Aleutian Islands.
I The heaviest shocks were be
lt ween 2 and 2:15.
s FAIRBANKS, Jan. 3- 1/P)—Fair
banks searchers found the body of
Thomas E. Garneau, 76, pioneer o;
Alaska, who had frozen to death
j while attempting to mush from
Longcreek to Ruby,
The searchers said that evidence
.showed that the man had travell
ed in circles after about eight miles
out. After trying to start sev
eral fires the oldtimor evidently
' ad become panic stricken and
threw away his pack and his s.now
i shoes and started out again and
-ccntinucd until overt .me by ex*
; hr fist ion.
| Severs 1 rela five • v*..:: > a re living
: hi Wisconsin survive him.
PASADENA, Calif. Jan. 3. </P)~~
' New certainty is expected to be
given the theory of relativity fol
: Sowing the six weeks association of
Prof. Albert Einstein with the Cal
ifornia Institute of Technology.
I His work with scientists is ex
pected to result in announcements
i of world importance.
WEALTHY SHUN ELEVATORS
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2. (IP) —
Many wealthy patrons of capital
i banks like climbing stairs for ex
1 ercise. Elevators installed in lead
ing banks stand idle much of tl^e
day While the patrons climb stairs
WASHINGTON, Jan., 2, (/P)—
President H o o ver’s announce
ment of an agreement between
eastern railroads for a four-sys
tem consolidation, was char
jacterized by Chairman Couzens
j of the Senat inter-state com
merce committee as “most un
ethical.”
CALLED TO PANAMA
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. (ZP) —
‘ Dr. Manuel Herrera, chief Justice
of the Supreme Court of Panama,
by cable requested Dr. Ricardo J.
Alfara, minister to the United
States to return to his country to
assume the presidency. Dr. Alfara
said he would not hesitate to ans
Iwer the call
UNITED STATES
TINE FIRM HID
Mi FRACAS
REPUBLIC OF PANAMA IS HELD
MOST VITAL LATIN-AM
ERICA INTERESTS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. (Ah -.
United States soldiers were pat
roling the line between the Canal
Zone and the Republic of Panama,
ready to intervene at a moment's
notice if further disorders follow.
Under a treaty negotiated in
1903 the United States reserved the
right to intervene at will in Pana
ma City and Colon or anywhere in
the republic where there is trou
ble and Panaman’s are unable
| to maintain a stable government.
The State department made it
: plain that this government consid
; ers Panama the most vital of al!
its interests in Latin America be
\ cause of the Canal.
| NEW YORK, J n. 3. - Mrs.
| Paryl Hart and Lieut. W. S. Mae
I Laren. p’art a t?1; -Wi on the f:vr L
| frans-Atb-ntis &ri1f atiemped wdi
! a. cargo laden plane
| 'Twin- Hllii'dred }lno;v:L of : fe. '1
I products wJi be 'aJ:c '■ "from Near
; York ■ Paris,' by we.-Vr'of f): aim.;;
j and. the Azores. ■
LONDON, Jan. 3. t/P.-Two hund
red Burmese rebels were killed
when 1,000 British soldiers carried
out a vigorous attack against their
'jungle stronghold in Tharawaddy.
Tharawaddy js a section of the
upper B u r m a, according to
! telegraph dispatches f: m Ran
goon.
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PRESIDENT OVER THROWN
j PANAMA CITY, Jan., 3, {/P)—
; President Arose men a was ver
i thrown in a sudden revolt and
IHarmodio Arias named Premier
of Panama. He will form a new
cabinet.
Ill
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. (JP) —
j Withdrawal of American forces
'from Nicaragua was demanded by
j republican and democratic sena
tors following the death of eight
i marines Wednesday in a battle
| with insurgents
RAPID RECOVERY
WASHINGTON, Jan., 3i, (&)—
| Officials and business men, stu
| dents of world economics, ex
pressed the belief the new year
will see a rapid recovery from
j depression which marked. 1930.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. (/P) —
President H cover announced
George Akerson, his chief secretary i
since 1925, will quit his employ'
January 15 to become vice-presi-1
dent in charge of Public Relations ’
for the Paramount Publix Corpora- j
tion.
It was understood that his salary i
will be $30,000 yearly, more than i
three times his present pay.
PANAMA CITY, Jan. 3. (ff) —
Control of the Republic of Panama
; was in the hands of revolutionists
after a sudden coup which over
threw the administration of Prc
sident Ploretcio Arosemena, and
! established a provisional govern
: meat.
Sixteen persons were killed and
, scores wounded in a battle between
rebels and loyal soldiers and police
of this city
Hartwell F. Ayers, an American
newspaper man. was wounded and
is not expected to live. Americans
arc in no dinger,, according to Ron
T. DavK 'American minister.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3. i/Pi-Big
Bill Tilde.'i signalized the close
of the old year and the end of
his sensational career as an
amateur champion by announc
ing that he will play Karel Koz
eluh, the famous Czechoslova
kian professional tennis star, a
special match in Madison Square
Garden in February.
HOCKEY GAME TIE
SEATTLE, Jan. 3. </P)—!The Seat
tle hockey team tied with
Vancouver who now lead the lea
gue because they defeated Port
land 5 to 1.
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NEW HETIL FOR 80ST
LIGHTER Till WOOD
; PUEBLO, Jan., 3, (&)—Perfec
tion of an “air flivver” that
; takes off and lands vertically
like a helicopter but flies like
| an airplane, is claimed by Wil
ibur Nelson of Pueblo, after tests,
j Nelson says his ship will attain
100 miles an hqur- It has no
i wings nor propellors, but two
j sets of rotating planes.
ON LONG FLIGHT
BERLIN, Jan., 3, (ff)—Miss
! Amy Johnson, young British
j aviatrix is attempting an 8,000
mile solo flight from London to
Peiping, China, and arrived at
Cologne from Liege, Belgium. It
was previously announced that
she intended to make Warsaw in
one hop from Liege.
DEATH OF JDFFRE
DEEPLY 11*0
1 UNITED STATES
DEEP SORROW \ N AMERICA
DUE PASSING OF GREAT
FRENCHMEN
WASHINGTON, Jan., 3, (/Pi
President Hoover cabled Presi
dent Coumergue personal and
official condolences from the
American peop c at the death
of ' Marshall Jclfre.
Th; message said: “I'm -
tressed by the news of the death
of the Marshall who affection
ately is remembered by Amer
ican people. Both in their name
and personally I want to express
the deep sorrow felt in this
country in the passing: of this
great patriot.”
In the death of Marshall JofTre
the world loses one of its out
standing military ' figures, and
France, a devoted patriot Such
was the mesage sent by General
Pershing' to the Minister of War
of France. Barthou. Marshall
,ro”r -'s conduct of operations of
the French armies from the be
ginning of the World war to the
end was characterized by his
great leadership.
IN IT'?
SEDRO-WOOLEY, Wash Jan. 1.
ThtTe is still ‘ gold in them thcr
hills”in; Alaska, a;::igf Will Friteeh
'of tin • citv has the proof in a $350
gold nugget taken recently from
hi; we ir?s r' FTh- mvyvt
was found by a miner who stubbed
bis too on th': concentrated wealth
and'thought it was', an autumn leaf
until the weight gave him other
ideas. The nuget weights 21W
ounces.
I
KETCHIKAN, Jan., 3. (&)—
Another rescue was added to
I the long list credited to Alaska
aviators when Cris Sewell of
Craig was brought here from.
S Craig and is now recovering in
| the hospital after an emergency
I operation.
Jim Dodson, of the Poineer Air
|way, piloted his cabin plane
| through low hanging clouds of
rain yesterday and returned with
Sewell in a few hours.
Sewell was stormbound at his
home so he radioed for a plane
BATTLING GAIJE
LONDON, Jan., 3, (TP)—The Cu
nard liner Mauretania was re
ported to be battling a terrific
gale five days out of Cherbourg
and was said to be 36 hours be
hind schedule.
TRAIL INSURGENTS
RANGOON, India, Jan., 3, {/P>
—Agile Burmese riflemen trailed
insurgents through the jungles
and hills towrard the mountains,
where the rebel are being driven
from their headquarters at Ai
antaung Camp. They hope to
find the hiding places of the in
! surgents.