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Everytirainig
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII.
NUMBER 85. SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTf
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MAJOR ELLIOTT
MAKES INTERESTING ADDRESS
POINTING OUT DETAILS ON
LOCAL WORK
I Major Malcolm Elliott, president
ol the .Maska Road Commission, was
the guest of honor at yesterday’s
Climber of Commerce business meet
ing and luncheon, at the Seward
Grill, and at that time took occasion
t to inform the members and guests, of
the past, present and future, in ra
lation to the origin of Lowell CreeJc,
the present status of the turbulent
stream, and proposed safeguards an
ticipated.
A burst of applause greeted Major
Elliott when he arose, at Leon Ur
bach's, president of the Chamber, re
quest that he, address a few remarks
to the gathering. In brief, he said;
HAPPY TO BE HERE
"I am glad to be here in Seward
again. I well recall, with great appre
ciation, the cordiality extended me
during my short stay in Seward last
fall while I was enroule to the In
terior. I am glad I have the time to
remain with > ;u a few days at.
time.
A STRENUOUS PERIOD
I
"R^cjr.tlv, at W: sMagton, I passed
through a strenuous period in an at
tempt to get Congress to open the
' puree strings” for Alaska. The road
appropriation was $1,000,000. But we
asked for $2,000,000 The million was
cut down to $825,000 for the fiscal
year.
“I note particularly in Seward the
attitude of the people is that of keen
interest in Alaskan affairs other
than having just their own selfish In
terest at heart. This is a healthy
C condition for a town or city.
INTERESTING FACTS
“This visit is for the sole purpose
in connection with the deep interest;
the citizens of Seward have in the
matter of protecting the town and gov
ernment property from the ravages of
* Lowell Creek which disgorges from
the mountains thru Seward to the soi
Centuries past this stream, spread
out fan shape and built the delta upon
which Seward is located. The very
shape of this delta signifies this is so.
It Is the only way this strip of land
could have been built. The pioneers
who first settled here found a gentle
slope of land and began building a
town. They failed, however, to take
into consideration the preambling
creek. The temporary channels of the
creek were—as they have in the past
^ likely to break at anytime.
“The solution must be studied with
care. I am not ready, at this time, to
say along what precise lines and ac
tion we will take. Our engineers are
now making surveys. We are secur
ing full knowledge of facts with the
view as to the best solution of the
problem. Any solution involves taking
(Continued ©n Page Two)
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j POCATELLO, April 11. (/P)—'The
: Idaho State Republican Convention se
lected 11 delegates to the Kansas
City convention and instructed them
to work for the Presidential nomina
tion of Borah, naming Hoover as their
second choice.
M. S. ISKUM IS SAFE
UIUALASKA SAY RADIO
MESSAGE, SEATTLE
_
NO DETAILS GIVEN; CREW AND ^
PASSENGERS SAFE; WAS
THREE WEEKS OVERDUE
SEATTLE, April 11. (£>)—Unheard
from since March 5 when she set out
into the storm swept Bering Sea, the
70 ton motorship Iskum is anchored
at Unalaska. Her crew of four and a
number of fur farmers are aboard
and all are safe, said a radio frojn
Unalaska. \
The l9kum was picking jrp employes
of fur ranches and was -three weeks
overdue. The radio gave no details
for her delay. Officials of the com- j
pany expressed the belief she was de.1
layed by motor trouble and recent
storms.
WILL HAYS MAY BE ,
CULLED BUCK HOME!
TESTIFY IN CASE;
FALL REPORTED TO CLAIM HAYS
INDUCED HIM WRITE McLEAN
LETTER
WASHINGTON, April It. ^—Sen
ator Gerald P. Nye, chairman of the
Senate Public Lands Committee, an
nounced that In the resumption of
the search for the missing Continental
bonds, several new witnesses will be
called.
Nye said that if the deposition re
cently given by former Secretary of
the Interior Albert Fall, discloses that
Will Hayes attempted to halt the ori
ginal Teapot Dome investigation by
the Senate four years ago, the movie
czar will be called from Europe to
testify.
Fall is reported to have said in his
deposition that Hays induced him to
write the famous ‘‘McLean letter” in
which he said a Washington publisher
had loaned him 1100,000 when the
money really came from Edward Do
beny.
The deposition is said to charge
farther that Hays promised Fall to
have the Senate investigation ended
by using influence on the chairman
of the committee.
COOLIDGE INAUGURATES SEASON
TOSSING THE HORSEHIDE;
WASHINGTON LOSES
WASHINGTON, April 11. <;p)—
While 20,000 fans shivered under
chilly eastern blasts President Cool
idge inaugurated the American League
1928 baseball season by tossing out
the first ball. Then Boston proceeded
to defeat Washington in a somewhat
listless game.
With more cheerful weather than
that marking the opening game fan.
dom may turn out in excess of 20,000
for the entire series. An immense
crowd today is expected to shatter all
major league records. It is attracted
by curiosity to see whether its all
true about the Yankees slipping or
whether the clubs have a chance in
the National.
By this interest it will start the
greatest free-for-all which the ancient
circuit ever had in prospect.
TO RAISE LARGE LOAN
PARIS, April 11. (JP)—Although of
ficially denied ,it is authoritatively
learned that the French Government
has completed plans for raising a loan
next May for partial reimbursement
of France’s 60,000,000,000 franc debt
to the Bank of France.
NORFOLK, Va„ April 11. (&)—'The
body of Commander T. G. Ellyson,
one of the three airmen who disap
peared with a seaplane after leaving
Hampton Roads for Annapolis on Feb.
ruary 28, was recovered near Norfolk
where it was washed ashore. The
face was badly crushed presumably
when the plane crashed.
TRADING IN VOTES
HOUSE AND SENATE
FEW PERSONS REALIZE EXTENT
GOVERNMENT BEING PLUNG
ED PRIVATE BUSINESS
WASHINGTON, April 11. (JP)—
Wholesale trading in votes in the Sen
ate and House on Farm Relief, Flood
Control, Boulder Dam, Muscle Shoals,
is charged by Charles Brand, secretary
and treasurer of the National Fertili
zer Association.
Hd said “Only a few persons realize
the extent to which our government
is rapidly being plunged into private
business by a four-cornered vote in
trading.”
BATTLE OF BILLOTS
DELE8ATES RETAIN
THEIR ADVANTAGE
i
HOOVER LEADING WITH LOWDEN
SECOND; NEBRASKA PRIMARY
STILL IN DOUBT
WASHINGTON, April 11. (jpy—
Leaders in a free-for-all battle of bal
lots for Presidential delegates retain
ed advantages on the face of returns
from four State primaries and conven
tion at which 155 Kansas City and
Houston voters were at stake.
Lowden picked up at least 30 or 5t
district delegates in Illinois boosting
his total to 130 pledged and claimed
votes to date.
Hoover still leads with 181 although
yesterday's balloting in the Nebraska
primary wos not figured, and which
is In doubt although Governor McMul
len’s delegates pledged to support the
candidate favorable to equalization
fee in the Farm Belief Bill.
He held a slight lead over the Mc
Kelvie slate pledged to the candidate
in sympathy with the administrations
agricultural policies.
Lowden is an advocate of the equal
ization fee and is second choice on the
McMullen slate.
Four Congressional district Repub
lican conventions in Oklahoma select
ed unlnstructed delegates while reso
lutions expressed confidence in Low
den, Curtis, and Dawes were adopted.
Idaho instructed 11 delegates for
Borah.
"The Deluge"
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