MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 109.
SEWARD, ALASKA. FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1929. • PRICE TEN CENTS
OFFICIALS !T
discouraged ns
TO ROUGH GOING
DEBENTURE PLAN BELONGS TO1
REVENUE MEASURE, BELIEF
OF SOME SUPPORTERS
WASHINGTON. May 10, (£>)—1The
Hoover legislative program had
rather rough going in the prelimi
nary stages of development but ad
ministration officials assert they
are far from discouraged as to the
outlook of the situation.
Now the executive must turn to
the house to the house to undo the
senate action and for approving
of the export debenture plan must
look to the senate to support the
idea of a limited tariff revision. _
The two factors enter first .action
of the house and senate tariff com
mittees and will be followed closely
by onp another. The second fur
nished baromeetric indications of
the atmosphere in the capital.
White House officials expect the
house to eliminate the debenture
senate measure in conference but
even so the plan is likely to bob up
again. Some supporters contend it
belongs to the revenue measure
since it deals with transactions
with customs houses.
MIX IS ACCUSED
li INDICTMENT OP
FALSIFYING REPORT
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GOVERNMENT LOST $10,000,000
IN HOLLYWOOD AREA RE
CENT YEARS, SAID
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LOS ANGELES, May 9, (/P)—Tom \
Mix is accused in one federal grand
iury indictment of falsifying to
his income tax returns and two
more, conspiring with . others to
withhold from the government j
$112,11 1 taxes due. from 1925 to 1927 j
inclusive.
Several others, connected with
Mix are accused in the indictments
United States Attorney Ames Pet
erson indicated, are to follow.
He said the government lost
nearly $10,000,000 in the Hollywood
arrea in recent years from fraudu
lent income tax returns.
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CANYON, Tex., May 10, <£>)—
Criticism of women’s styles in
clothing two centuries ago is re
vealed in a set of books contain
ing sermons of the Rev. John New
ton, which have been donated to
the Texas Panhandle-Plains His
torical society.
The six volumes of sermons were
delivered between 1760 and 1777.
BUT HESID $25!
MOLINE, 111. May 9. (/P)—Harvey
S. Firestone and Henry First of
Moline had a chat the other day
They recalled when, 30 years ago,
Firestone asked first to buy a i
half interest in the Firestone Tire
& Rubbed company for $250.
First didn’t think much of the J
idea then. i
GUT" IS HESTEO
ON BOOZE CHARGE
KEY WEST, Fla., May 10. (£>)—
Waiter Gramm, Chicago coal deal
er who admitted ownership to the
trunks of liquor for which Repre
sentative Michaelson was tried and
acquitted yesterday, was arrested
today on a federal warrant charged
with violation of the tariff act of
1922.
FOREST FIS IN
MANITOBA INFLICT
BIO DAMAGE AREA
FIRE COVERS WIDE PATH VARY
ING FROM 83 TO 85 MILES
IN WIDTH
THE PAS, Manitoba, May 10,(/P) j
—Raging for two days in the north
and still unsubdued, forest fires
threatened heavy damage in the
Flin Flon and Cold Lake areas
and Indian families have been
forced to flee for safety.
The sweeping flames consumed
shacks along a wide path from j
83 to 85 miles in width and the
fire is beging constantly fanned by
stiff breezes.
The log office and barn of the
Ross navigation company, and
the headquarters of a mining com- j
pany, were destroyed. The gov- ,
ernment has sent planes to direct
the activities of the fire fighters.
HOME IS BOMBED
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn., May 10, i
</P)—The home of Mack Elliott, a
member of the Rayon Workers of
the American Union, Bemberg &
Glanztoff Textile mills strike
which is now in progress, was de
molished by a bomb Elliott and
his family were away at the time.
GLASS HOUSES
NEW YORK. May 10, (/P)—• A
non-stop statistican has discovered
that eight skyscrappers in the
financial districts have an average
of 17,000 panes of glass each.
REFUSE TO REVEAL NAMES OF
MEN WHO BEAT HIM OR
IDENTIFY THEM
PORTLAND, Ore., May 10, </P)—
A beating, alleged to have been
administered by four members of
his congregation because they ob
jected to a portion of a sermon he
had given, is held as the cause
of injuries resulting in the death
1 of Reverend Andrew Lajunen,
pastor of the Finnish Pentecostal
church at Mullen, Idaho.
The minister lay unconscious
!for two days after he had been
brot to a Portland hospital. He
managed to rally and tell his ver
sion of the affair to the police but
refused to give details.
He declared he had left Mullen
two days after the beating and
went to Spokane; later he went
to Portland to visit a friend, but
he continually refused to divulge
the names of the men or to sign
a complaint against them. A skull
fracture caused his death.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 7; Philadelphia 5.
Pittsburgh 4; New York 3.
St. Louis 5; Boston 1.
Chicago 11; Brooklyn 2 .
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 6; Detroit 3.
New York 7; St. Louis 3.
Philadelphia 9; Chicago 2.
Cleveland 4; Boston 3.
PACIFIC CIAST LEAGUE
San Francisco 5; Seattle 2.
Mis. icns 12; Sacramento 4.
Los Angeles 6; Portland 2.
Oakland 6; Hollywood 0.
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WEATHER AFFECTS CONTROL
NEW YORK, May 9, (/P)—Noi^y
reception in damp weather occa
sionally is due to a poor contact of
the volume control brought on by
climatic conditions.
THEY HAVE LITTLE TO DO BUT LOOK PRETTY
Thousands of New York girls compete for jo bs as models in exclusive fashion salons where
their time will be spent wearing gorgeous cost umes and looking lovely. Some of the most
successful are Lee Sherman (left), Joan Clement (upper center), Peggy Fish (lower center) and
Marion Moorhouse (right).
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HONGKONG, May 10, (/P)—Heavy I
casualties occurred in the Chinese
city of Canton. Firing of the bat
teries on Macao and Sonam Islands
put down a naval rebellion in the
harbor. Martial law has been de
clared and the streets are lined
Iwith soldiers.
GRAVE CONCERN
BREAK IN PARTY LINES FORE
CAST; COALITION DEMO
SURGENTS SEEN
WASHINGTON, May 10, (/P)—The !
animosities in the senate republi
can ranks over the break in Hoov
er’s farm program flared to almost
unprecedented exchange by Fess,
party whip, against Borah, Nye and
Brookhart whom he called “Pseudo
republicans.”
In a letter to Marshall Sheepey,
of Toledo, Fess expressed grave
ecncern in the break of party lines
saying “It means complete coalition
between democrats and the insur
gents” consequent arresting of the
3dministration’s policies.
It is feared other breaks, more I
disastrous, might come. All the
renators attacked made caustic re
torts to the Fess letter in which
they asserted their freedom to vote
on a?^v issue as they thought best
I to defeat the administration on the
[debenture plan in the farm bill. It
is the first Hoover reversal by eith
er house of congress.
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LONG ARM OF JUSTICE
EDMONTON, Alberta, May 10, (/P)
I—A judge, prosecutor, and a law
yer for the defense, will make a
trip of 4,000 miles to try two Es
kimos for murder. The pair are in
the custody of the Mounted Po
lice at Aklavik which point will
take the party two months for to
reach.
EIGHT AMERICAN GIRLS PRE
SENTED YESTERDAY AND
EIGHT MORE TONITE
LONDON, May 10, (lP)—Helen
Wills enjoyed presentation at the
court of Queen Mary, in the first
court of the season of St. James.
The California girl smilingly told
reporters “I was not a bit nervous
altho I know I should have been. It
was a very wonderful and colorful
?cene and I shall never forget it as
long as I live.”
From early evening Miss Wilis
wtts the center of attraction and so
eagerly did the crowd push about
her car and party that police hur
ried to her protection.
the court chamberlain called
the names of eight American girls
to be presented each walked* the
distance from the throne room to
the front of the queen, the cere
mony taking little more than half a
minute.
The Prince of Wales was seated
I and the remainder of the royal
family to the rear of the queen.
Eight other American girls are to
be presented tonight.
TARIFF ON OIL
ISHLD Of
OKLAHOMA MEN
TULSA, Okla., May 10, (JP)—Pro
ducers from over Oklahoma is
meeting here, went on record as
i favoring a tariff on foreign crude
oil so as to protect domestic pro
duction. C. J. Wrightsman, million
aire oil producer, was elected the
chairman and E. B. Howard, for
mer congressman, who introduced
a bill taxing foreign oil $1 a bar
rel, also spoke
The oil men met again and con
i ferred with the royalty owners in
hopes of arousing oil men of Okla
1 homa, Kansas, Texas, Arkansas
and Louisiana to take action on
the proposed legislation of con
gress.
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MONTE CARLO, May 10, (JP)—
An attempt to use fish from the
Hawaiian islands to combat mos
quitoes on the Riviera begins this
spring.
The fish, known as gambusia, is
tiny but a voracious eater of mos
quito eggs. The barrier to its use
fulness has been the colder water
• here.
Two years ago Dr. M. Oxner of
Monte Carlo brought a few gam
busia from Honolulu and started
them off in warm water. Week
after week the water was made
colder. The fish survived and now
i appear to flourish equally well
J under six inches of ice or in warm
i water, and are ready to be turn
| ed loose under natural conditions.
CUBA RUSHES NEW CAPITOL
HAVANA, May 1C, (JP)—The Cu
ban government has tripled the
number of wofkmen on the new
national capitol in an effort to
have the building ready for the
scheduled dedication on May 20.