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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 6G.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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• Vote Four Each
DECISIVE VOTE FOLLOWS SPIRITED DEBATE OC-j
CUPYING ALL YESTERDAY—SENATORS HUNT,
BROWN, FRAMEM AND STEEL VOTED IN AF
FIRMATIVE i
< JUNEAU, April 7. (/P)—After an all day debate in,
the Senate yesterday it defeated the Comptroller bill by j
a tie vote of four to four. Senators Brown, Frame, 1
Hunt and Steel voted in the affirmative, with Dunn, How-:
ard, Pratt and Jensen voting in the negative.
The House passed a measure repealing all acts of the
Legislature under which the Territory Fish Commission,
functions and hatcheries are operated. The vote was 13
^to three.
DETONATION FELT AT RAWLiNGS.
SEVEN MILES WEST OF PAR-,
CO, WYOMING
PARCO, Wyo., April 7. (IP)—Four
teen bodies were recovered and two
men are missing from an explosion in
the Producers and Refiners oil refin
ing plant. The explosion rocked this
two-year-okl oil town and the detona
tion was felt at Rawlings, seven miles
west. The explosion of a chamber in
a high pressure still which set fire to
^ine other stills and two storage tanks
caused the explosion. The fire is still
burning but is under control. All the
men killed were married and most of
them had children.
MAY ESTABLISH NEW
GOVERHMENT PRISON
, CALIFORNIA STATE
PRESENT TWO STATE PRISONS
^ INSUFFICIENT FOR ANNUAL
INCREASE OF CROOKS
SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 7. (IP)
—Investigation of the establishing of
a new State prison in Southern Califor
nia would be conducted by a joint
resolution passed by the Legislature
today. Senator Joseph L. Pedrotti of
Lon Angeles is author of the resolu
tion, and argued that the present two
State prisons at San Quentin and Fol- j
are insufficient to properly care !
for the annual increase of inmates. !
J VISITS INDUSTRIAL REGIONS
PARIS, April 7. (IP)—President Bou*
mergue has left for a visit to the in
dustrial regions of Northern: FrattcS,
MAJORITY WERE KILLED IN
STANTLY — OTHERS WERE
BURNED TO DEATH
PARCO, April 7. (JP)—A revised* list
of the oil explosion death list shows
15 dead and seven injured. A ma
jority of the dead were killed instant
ly or burned to death before aid could
reach them. The bodies were all bad
ly charred. Two were trapped on top
of the 90-foot tower "where the "water
is separated from the oil. One jump
ed to escape the flames, which had
made the steel tower white hot and
landed in a seething furnace of the
burning still below. Only his head
and shoulders were recovered.
HUGE PROPERTY LOSS
PARCO, April 7. ()P)—Sixteen work
men are deaid and 16 othertsthrjee
men are dead and three others are
battling for life in Rawlings hospital.
Property damage is estimated at be
tween a half and three-quarters of a
million dollars.
HER FROM M’ERITH
BURNED TO DEATH NENANk
(Special to the Gateway)
NENANA, April 7. (JP)—Capt. C.
Carlson, an oldtimer of the McGrath
district, here awraiting employment in
the shipyards, burned to death when
the Rust House was completely de
stroyed by fire last night.
TONG WAR SPREADS
NEW YORK, April 7. (£>)—The Hip
Sing and Leong tong war spread to
>ix Eastern cities yesterday. Several
have been killed during the latest re
vival of the tong war.
AVIATOR MERRILL IS
LOST ARCTIC STORM;
CARRIED 10 MEN
OVERDUE SINCE TUESDAY—HOPE
HELD THAT MEN ARE AT
SHELTER CABIN
NOME, April 7. (£>)—Pilot R. H.
Merrill and Mechanic Alonzo Cope in
Anchorage place No. 2 have not report
ed at Candle, where the last word of
the aviators should have been receiv
ed. They should have returned to
Nome Tuesday night. It is feared the
plane has been lost in a northeast
blizzard which has swept the section
for several days. The plane carried
as passengers Hilkery Robinson, a
Candle merchant, and Edgar Broadway
of Nome. Communication is extreme
ly limited. It is possible that the
plane was forced down near some shel
ter cabin.
U.S. JOURNALISTS
ARRESTED IN 11;
HOSTILE TO CAUSE
PLOT DISCOVERED AGAINST PE
KING GOVERNMENT—FOSTER
ED BY SOVIETS
PEKING, April 7. (/P)—Government
agents arrested two American jour
nalists, Mrs. Mildred Mitchell and
I Wilbur Burton, both of whom are con
nected with publications which have
i been accused of hostility to the North
I ern Qause. They are under surveil
lance of Northern soldiers. A raid on
the buildings attached to the Soviet
embassy is regarded as introducing s
new international aspect into the Chi
nese war. The raid resulted in the
arrest of 22 Russians and 50 Chinese
described as agitators.
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NEWSPAPERS GET EVIDENCE
LONDON, April 7. (>P)—The West
minster Gazette says it is learnee
from well informed circles that the
Peking raid on the Soviet buildings
| was due to the discovery of a ploi
i against the Peking government whicl
w-as hatched under Soviet auspices
The newspapers say that plans to un
dermine the Northern government hac
been prepared co-incident with th(
the eventual capture by the Canton
] ese of Peking.
imiTIC CONFERENCE
i SCHEDULED F0H MAY I
MERCED, Calif., April 7. (£>)—'Th<
second annual aeronautics conferenci
will be held in San Francisco May 6
and literally in the air May 7 and 8
when 50 airplanes carrying the cham
ber of commerce presidents of th<
State arrive in the interests of promo
1 tion of commercial aeronautics.
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MUSSOLINI ORDERS ANOTHER
PLANE SHIPPED — REFUSES
U. S. OFFER
! APACHE LODGE, Ariz., April 7. (JP)
|—De Pinedo’s flight came to an ab
j rupt end this afternoon when the air
! plane Santa Maria was destroyed by
l
‘ fire preparatory to taking off from
1 He arrived this morning from Ele
phant Butte Dam, New Mexico. De
Pinedo was not aboard the plane at
the time of the fire, and those aboard
were forced to leap into the water.
! It is the present plans to raise the
engine, which went to the bottom, a
depth of 60 feet.
SISTER SHIP EN ROUTE
APACHE LODGE, Ariz., April 7.(/P)
' —De Pinedo announced that he will
obtain a sister ship of the plane burn
ed from Italy and continue his four
'continents tour. The fire from which
‘ the plane was destroyed, started when
a boy threw a burning match on the
oil-coated waters after lighting a cig
arette. The United States War De
partment offered De Pinedo a substi
fute plane, but he declined it with
thanks.
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ORDERS PLANE SHIPPED
Rome, April 7. (JP)—Mussolini or
dered the Italian Air Force to ship an
airplane to New York to replace De
Pinedo’s plane.
ANTI-FACIST PLOT
ROME, April 7. (/P)—Leading news
. papers express the opinion that the
destruction of De Penido’s plane is
an anti-Facist plot.
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DENIES RUMOR
APACHE LODGE, April 7. (JP)— De
i Pinedo denies that the destruction of
his airplane was an anti-Facist plot.
TOWNSFOLKS VOTE FOR DISIN
! CORPORATION BY BALLOT OF
■ | 29 TO 13
[j TANANA, April 7. (JP)—.In the mu
^nicipal election Tuesday 27 votes were
' cast for disincorporation and 13
against. Orie Shad was elected
Mayor, A. B. Webber, Chris Abel, and
A. G. Yachon Councilmen. Mrs. Lau
ra Dwyer was elected to the School
| Board, and Gasil Antioskio treasurer
I of the School Board. Fifty-four per
sons voted.
s WARRANT ISSUED FILM STAR
, LOS ANGELES, April 7. (JP)—A
, bench warrant for the arrest of Mari
- on Dixon, film star, .to compel her to
! appear against her former husband,
• Joe* Benjamin, pugilist, has been is
sued it was learned to day.
HP ISKUM
DASHED ON ROCK AT
UNMAK; TOTAL LOSS
NATIVES AID CREW IN REACH
JNG SHORE IN SAFETY;
BLINDING STORMS
DUTCH HARBOR, April 7. (/P)—1The
motorship Iskum, a Blue Fox Island
tender, dashed on the rocks while
trying to land at Ummak. A heavy
squall struck her making her drag
three anchors. Natives aided the
crew in reaching shore. They were
later picked up by a passing gasboat
which brought them to Unalaska. It
is feared the boat and cargo will be
a total loss. The Iskum experienced
h'eavy seas and blinding snowstorms
from the time she left Seattle.
JADDINE DEFENDS
POLICY IN SALE DF
FORESTRY TIMBER
WILL PREVENT DEPRECIATION,
AID DEVELOPMENT RIPE
TIMBER
WASHINGTON, April 7. (^—Sec
retary Jardine defended the Depart
ment of Agriculture policy of selling
national forest timber in reply to
charges of the Oregon Legislature that
publicly owned timber is being dump
i ed on the market at prices unfair to
private competitors. Jardine said:
“The policy is not to crowd govern
ment timber on the market of any lo
cality nor sell at bargain prices, but
to make sales where carefully apprais
ed prices are set after public adver
tisement.” Jardine explained that
the forest service had been following
an objective in selling timber. “This
enables mills to continue operation,
thus stabilizing lumber communities,
prevents depreciation in value of
government timber, which should be
logged with privately owned inter
mingled timber, to aid development of
regions by the establishment of pay
rolls and transportation facilities, and
harvest ripe timber before deteriora*
tion of timber and value lost.”
LOSES FIGHT ON FOUL
WITH SCILP UNDER BELT
HOLLYWOOD, April 7. (^-Tom
my O’Brien, veteran lightweight, with
victory almost within his graps, land
ed low to the body of Russ Whalen in
the fifth round of their scheduled ten
round bout here last night and the
Chicago ringman was awarded the de
cision on a fi%l by the referee. *
FINAL THIS TIME
PARIS, April 7. (£>)—The French
government to&ay emphatically de
clined to take part in the conference
to further naval disarmament.