MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XII. NUMBER 32.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28,1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
BRITAIN ACCEPTS
■NOTE SAYS WILL "DO THEIR
BEST TO FURTHER SUCCESS
PROPOSED CONVENTION"
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. (JP)—'The
British note of acceptance of Presi
dent Coolidge’s disarmament proposal,
received by the State Department,
said the British delegates ■would "do
their best to further the success of the
proposed convention.” With the Jap
anese treaty reply regarded as prob
able, a three-power conference is pos
sible.
GREETED WITH APPROVAL
LONDON, Feb. 28. (JP)—The House
of Commons greeted the British reply
with approval. Foreign Secretary
Chamberlain announced that all of the
government’s empire concurred except j
the Irish Free State, which has not |
replied.
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THREE SCORE FLIERS BRING
LANDING FORCE OF U. S. TO
1,700—SIX PLANES
MANAGUA, Feb. 28. (^—Arrival
of the United States battleship Altair
at Corinto with planes and equipment
for approximately three score fliers j
brought the landing force on the west.
f coast of Nicaragua to 1,700. There are
six De Haviland planes of which four 1
are two-seater scouting planes.
The destroyer Melville landed 100 j
men, who began to assemble the ■
planes. They will soon be ready to j
fly over the country to Managua. A |
marine force numbering 350 was sent
to Granada to protect the railway line
from Managua through Masaya to
Granada and discourage a possible
Liberal attack on Granada.
* HUT WILLING
AGAINST NAVY IN
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28. (£>)—
Two sizeable knots in the Marson
Burch Mann act case were untied
t yesterday in White Plains, N. Y., when
the wife of Captain Marson and the
husband of Mrs. Burch each obtained
divorce from their mates.This leaves ;
the captain and Mrs. Burch, who elop
ed from New York to San Francisco
last year, free to wed in three months
time. The government has signified ]
& its willingness to drop the Mann act ,
charges against the pair as soon as ]
they are wed. 1
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m SANTA BARBARA, Feb. 28. {IP)—F. i
¥F, Peabody, millionaire collar man, is ^
critically 111 here.
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AVIATOR AT SAPAULO
SAPAULA, Brazil, Feb. 28. (£>)—De
pinedo, the Italian aviator, arrived
from Dio de Janeiro.
APPEAL RED GROSS
RELIEVE PLIGHT OF
AMERICAN FORCES PREVENT
FOOD, MEDICAL ATTENTION
REACHING DYING MEN
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 28. (£>)— Pedro
Zepeda, Minister to Mexico from the
Sacasa Liberal government in Nica
ragua, announced that he had tele
graphed an appeal to John Barton
Payne, chairman of the American Red
Cross, and heads of the organization
throughout the world urging them in
the name of humanity to do something
to relieve the plight of the Liberals.
Their wounded, he declared are dying
without food and medical attention,
which the American forces prevent
reaching them. “Rear Admiral 'Lat
imer’s blockade is causing the death
of many Liberal women and children,
and has violated every right of inter
national right contrary to the funda
mentals of humanity,” continued the
dispatch.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. (/P)—Briga
dier General Smedley Butler has been
ordered to China to command the
marine force of more than 2,500 men
in Asiatic waters. He will take the
first steamship from San Diego.
CORDOVA, Feb. 28. (/P)—'The Ko
diak radio station launch en route
from Kodiak had engine trouble with
four naval operators and one woman
aboard. She had been sent to the as
sistance of and to tow a disabled craft
before it drifted to sea in a high wind.
WILL CRUISE SEVEN
SEAS UNTIL TIRED
HONOLULU MILLIONAIRE AND
FAMILY IN SAN FRANCISCO TO
EQUIP YACHT
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28. (/P)—M.
R.. Kellum, Honolulu millionaire, ar
rived here yesterday aboard the Mat
son liner Bonoma. Whifle ,here he
vill hire a crew for his yacht Kaimi
oah, in which he and his family will
:ruise the world. He estimates that
iis world cruise will take at least
wo years and possibly six. The fami
y, all of whom is going on the cruise,
vill take their time and return only
vhen they are tired or roving the sev
>n seas.
LEASE, CONTRACT OF
DOHENEY CANCELLED
BY SUPREME COURT
EVIDENCE PRODUCED IN LOWER
COURT UPHELD BY SUPREME
COURT—DOCKET CLEARED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. (/P)—'The
Supreme court found the evidence
produced in the lower courts sufficient
to warrant the finding of corruption
and fraud in the tainted leases granted
to Edward Doh^ney’s companies
while Albert B. Fall was Secretary of
the Interior, and cancelled both the
lease and contract, and confirming the
findings of the lower court. The Su
preme court disregarded the local jury
acquittal of Fall and Doheney of crim
inal conspiracy based on the $100,000
transaction, wherein Doheney loaned
Fall that sum on his note and then mu
tilated the note, according to the tes
mony.
The money Doheney spent in an at
tempt to carry out his contracts will
not be returned. The decision was
unanimous and covers both the Elk
Hills and Pearl Harbor lease and oil
station project. The court proceeded
to clear up the docket or the St. Clair
Teapot Dome appeal, which was
leased under the same policy as Do
heney’s.
TROOPSHIP ARRIVES
HONGKONG, Feb. 2S. (/P)—1The
troopship Kildonan Castle arrived from
England with the First battalion of
Devonshire troops.
CITY TREASURER OF
SEATTLE TAKES CHANCES
SEATTLE, Feb. 28. (^)—Ed Terry,
city treasurer, risked being held in
contempt of court and telegraphed
$1,142,835 to New York for payment
on the street railway and thus ending
the financial crisis.
S.S. SANTA ANA IS
CHARTERED SIBERIA
SAILS MARCH 15 FOR UST, KAM
CHATKA, WITH FISH MACHIN
ERY FOR RUSSIANS
SEATTLE Feb. 28. (^—Chartered
to the Siberian Fish and Cold Storage
company, the steamship Santa Ana
sails from Seattle about March 15 for
Ust, Kamchatka, with machinery for
the Russian Fish Department and sup
plies for Siberian companied stations.
The Santa Ana will spend five months
in Kamchatka. The motor ship Apollo
sails about the same time.
WELL, WELL, WELL
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28. (£>)—
San Francisco’s rainstorm will last
through the day, the weatherman re
ports, then the city of the Golden
Gate will bask in the spring sunshine.
Pan-American Planes
Collide; Two Pilots
Hurtled to Death
CAPTAIN F. WOOLSEY OF MICHIGAN, PILOT ON
j DETROIT, AND LIEUTENANT JOHN W. BENTON
I OF CALIFORNIA, YOUNGEST OF AVIATORS,
| KILLED—PARACHUTE FAILS TO OPEN FOR
j WOOLSEY—BENTON CRUSHED—TWO REMAIN
ING PLANES WILL CONTINUE FLIGHT
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—
BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 28. (/P)—Two American avi
iators on a “good will” flight over South America were
hurled to death when the Detroit and New York collided
| as the planes were returning from an exhibition flight to
jPalomar field, a few miles from Buenos Aires. The
| planes breaking close formation for landing, the Detroit
I slipped down upon the New York. The wings became
I entangled and the planes started falling. The Detroit
i took fire and the three aviators jumped in parachutes.
Captain F. Woolsey of Michigan, pi
lot of Detroit, leapt from the plane
as it burst into flames, but the para
chute failed to open. Lieutenant John
W. Benton of California, relief pilot,
the youngest aviator, was thrown from
the plane and crushed in the fall to
earth. Major Herbert Dargue, flight
commander and Lieutenant White
head, his relief pilot, jumped and land
ed safely in parachutes. When they
landed they rushed to the flaming De
troit, where they thought their two
companions were trapped,
i Major Dargue announced that the
flight would be continued with the
two remaining planes, St. Louis and
San Francisco. The fifth, the San
i Antonio, has only reached Coquimbo,
Chile. The bodies of the two aviators
will lie in state until memorial serv
ices are held at the Angelican ca
thedral. They will then be sent to
New York on the liner Yauban.
form RESIDENTS
CALLED TO ARMS
i
PREVENT POSSIBLE INVASION
OF SETTLEMENT BY DEMOR
ALIZED TROOPS OF SUN
SHANGHAI, Feb. 28. (£>)—Foreign
residents were called to arms to pre
vent the possible invasion of the set
tlements by defeated and demoralized
troops of General Sun, the deposed
ruler of the Province of Kiang Su.
Volunteer companies of Americans,
Portugues and Japanese mounted
guard to halt any irresponsible body
of soldiers from pouring into the set
tlements and looting the homes and
business houses.
It is believed that the great battle
of Shanghai is about to begin between
the Sun troops and the Cantonese.
SENATE DROPS CHARGES
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. (£»)—'The
Senate elections committee recom
mended dropping the charges against
Senator Gould concerning the payment
of $100,000 to Canadian officials and
upholding his right to a place in the
Senate.
SETS FIRE TO HOUSE,
COMMITS SUICIDE
JOHN HOLMES, WORRIED OVER
LIQUOR CHARGE, ENDS ALL;
ENDANGERED OTHERS
SEATTLE, Feb. 2S. (JP)—Endanger
ing the lives of his wife, son and
daughter, who were asleep, John
Holmes, aged 65, fired his home and
then shot and killed himself. The
house was destroyed. The survivors
escaped in their night clothes. Holmes
was worried over a liquor charge on
| which he was arrested several weeks
ago and released on §750 bail.
LIMIT OF BRIMS
PATIENCE REACHED
WITH SOVIET RUSSIA
DOES NOT MINCE WORDS IN IN
FORMING THE GOVERNMENT
WHERE TO HEAD IN
LONDON, Feb. 28. (JP)—'The British
government, through Sir Austen Cham
berlain, yesterday warned Soviet Rus
sia in the gravest terms that the limit
of Britain’s patience has been reached,
declaring that the relations between
the two governments were most un
satisfactory.
The British government did not
mince words in telling the Russians
that the continuance of propaganda
against British subjects or interfer
ence with purely British concerns
would bring about an abrogation of
their trade agreement and' if necessary
the severance of their diplomatic rela
tions.
ANGLING FOR BOUT
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28. (^—Lo
cal promoters are angling for a ten
round bout between Jack Fields of
[Los Angeles and Sammy Mandell of
Chicago, the world's lightweight cham
pion.