COAST TERMINAL FOR THE ALASKA RAILROAD
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 62. SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 2,1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
LA HAGUE REEFS
FISHING INDUSTRY SUSPENDED;
HARBOR FILLED WITH STORM
BOUND SHIPS
4 PARIS. April 2. (£>)—Eight men.
comprising the entire crew ot the
three-masted French schooner Louis
Pasteur, perished when the vessel was
dashed on reefs at Cape La Hague
during an English Channel storm. The
fishing industry has been suspended
for some days. The channel and At
lantic coast home harbors have been
filled with storm-bound craft. Huge
, liners are reported to have been tossed
about like corks.
JUDGE C. W. DEARTH
CHARGES. SENATE
EDITOR GEORGE R. DALE AL
MOST AS PROMINENT AT
TRIAL AS DEFENDANT
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 2. GP)—
The Senate acquitted Circuit Judge
Clerence W. Dearth of seven charges
of corruption and other high crime
y n a vote in the second count charg
ing illegal appointment of a jury and
commissioner. The vote was 32 for
conviction, two short of the required
number. George R. Dale, editor of
the Muncie Post (Democrat) was al
most as prominent in the trial as the
defendant. Confiscation of Dale's
newspaper on February 19 resulted in
the Legislature taking up the case.
.PIECES OF GLASS USED
IN PLAGE OF DAGGER
LOS ANGELES, April 2. (JP)—A
piece of glass from a broken chande
lier instead of a knife thrust may
have been the cause of the death of
Eddie Higgins well known boxer at
a Hollywood night club following an
asserted free for all fight according
to the belief of the Deputy District
Attorney.
THOUSANDS JOIN NEW
* MANILA SECRET SOCIETY
MANILLA, April 2. (/P)—A new
secret society has been organized
here pronounced Vik Bods, says a
reliable newspaper. The membership
is said to run into thousands both in
the provinces and Manilla and is
spreading rapidly.
^ PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Seattle 4, Los Angeles 7.
Others postponed—rain.
DE PINEDO AT GALVESTON
GALVESTON, Texas, April 2. (£>)—
De Pinedo arrived at 10:30, two hours
and 54 minutes after he had left New
Orleans. Three army airplanes joined
the Italian as he approached Galves
ton.
ANTI-FOREIGN AGITATION IS IN
CREASING THROUGHOUT THE
CANTON DISTRICT
SHIPPING PARALYZED
AMOY. April 2. (>P)—Shipping was
paralyzed when local seamen went on
strike under direction of the Canton
ese. Twenty-seven vessels of the
Japanese second fleet are here on their
annual cruise.
FRENCH CONCESSION BESIEGED
PARIS, April 2. (JP)—It is reported
that the French concession in Canton
is strongly fortified and in a virtual
state of siege. Anti-foreign agitation
is increasing throughout the district.
An official of Canton advises that a
i
brigade of White Russians serving at
I Shanghai has been exterminated.
I LONDON, April 2. (/P)—The Cabi
net met this afternoon to give formal
approval to the government’s proposed
demands on the Cantonese for Nan
king reparations.
E, PETERS,™
WAS ONCE RICHEST OF LUMBER
MILLIONAIRES—DIED BLIND,
VIRTUALLY PENNILESS
l _
MAINSTEE, Mich., April 2. (£>)—
Richard Peters, once one of the rich
est lumber millionaires in Michigan,
died at the age of 95, blind and virtu
ally penniless. Two fortunes amass
ed between 1867 and 1915, totaled J
several millions, but were lost through ^
profitless investments. Peters once
owned more standing timber than any
one in Michigan, agd owned several
sawmills, three railroads, a ship line
and employed more than 3,000 persons.
WiLL ASSUME COMMAND
LOS ANGELES, April 2. (/P)—Capt.
Jesse B. Gay, formerly commanding
U. S. S. Melville, sailed yesterday to
assume command of the Naval sta
tion of Pearl Harbor.
DISPURS! NG FUNDS
SACRAMENTO, April 2. (/P)—A
total of $17,500,000 is yet to be dis
posed of among veterans of Califor
nia for purchase of farms and homes
according to George Stout, Secretary
of Veterans Welfare Board.
JUDGE E. COKE HILL
WELCOMED SEWARD j
CHAMBER LUNCHEON
BUSINESS MEN OF THE CITY
TAKE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE
I
JURIST AT HOME
In honor of Judge E. Coke Hill,'
newly appointed Federal Judge of the
i Third division, upon his first official
i
visit to Seward, the Seward Chamber
■ of Commerce tendered him a luncheon
! at noon today, at the Seward Grill.
! Plates were laid for 50 guests and
j practically every chair was occupied.
Leon Urbach, president of the Cham*
i ber, presided. Following a few re
marks, he called upon Mayor L. V.
Ray to do the honors.
(Continued on Page Five;
MANY MINING MEN EN ROUTE
NORTH TO BEGIN SEASON’S
OPERATIONS
SEATTLE, April 2. (£*)—The S. S.
Northwestern sailed at 9 o’clock this
morning and carried 224 passengers.
Seward passengers: C. E. Palmer,
Waldo Halch, J. H. Russell, T. L.
!
Weatherholm, E. C. Wetzler, R. B.
; Earling, wife and two daughters, Ben
Thompson, High Horn, M. A. Pinsky,
W. S. Horning, W. H. Frank, D. M.
Jones, Sam Erin, A. R. Sessions and1
wife, Dick R. Graham, E. Johnson,
Lynn Smith, G. W. Metcalf and wife,!
W. M. Fisher, L. B. Waldbridge, Mrs.!
P. M. Ogar, M. Lownsbery, L. C. Wat
ters and wife, Miss H. F. Elder, A.
!
McWis, E. Petry and brother, Evelyn
A. Peveik, Mary E. Lynch, F. Elleim,
A. Lay and nine steerage.
REGISTRATION BOOKS
FOR LOCAL ELECTION
I
WILL BE OPEN TONIGHT j
*_ l
The registration books will be kept i
open tonight in the City Clerk’s i
office until 10 o’clock. Registra- I
i
tion is necessary for voting at the ■
annual municipal election next ■
Tuesday. Only those who have 1 j
registered will be qualified to vote. J,
Up to noon today the registration J
was the smallest in the history of J
the city. *
The following officers are to be g j
elected Tuesday: Mayor, three i
members of the Common Council, i
one member of the School Board. I
ATTACKED BY BEAR
GOLDEN GATE PARK, April 2.
(/P)—Perry Hayes of Dallas Tex., will
lose both his eyes according to an
eye specialist of San Francisco. He
was attacked by a bear in the park
here yesterday afternoon.
FORD IMPROVING
DETROIT, April 2. (#>)—Henry Ford
is making normal progress toward re
covery.
LEWIS STATES TOOK MINERS 37
YEARS TO OBTAIN A LIVING
WAGE
CHICAGO, April 2. (^—Predictions
over the length of the coal strike vary
from the general operators’ opinion
that it will last thqpe months or long
er, to the statement of President John
L. Lewis that a United Mine Workers’
conference would soon be called and
the Jacksonville agreement readopted.
Lewis said: “It took a 37 years fight
to ascend to a living wage. They are
not going to rob us of it overnight. I
assure the operators they will never
win a wage reduction by closing the
mines and holding us at arm’s length.’*
Time bout
PAULINO U2CUDUN, GIVEN JUDG-:
ES’ DECISION OVER TOMMY j
HEENEY
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, N. |
Y., April 2. (/P)—Paulino Uzcudun, sen
ational Spanish battler, won a two to
one judges’ decision in a close, hard
fought ten-round heavyweight elimi
i
nation bout with Tom Heeney of New
Zealand. Uzcudun’s victory gives him
the right to fight Jack Delaney or
Dempsey for a chance at Tunney.
NAVAL TUG PICKS UP HALF SPAN
ISH CREW—EIGHTEEN OTH
ERS MISSING
LONDON, April 2. (#>)—'The British
steamer Author collided eight miles
off Gibraltar with the Spanish steamer
Yachinto during a fog. Half of the
Spanish crew were picked up, but 18
others are missing. . A naval tug is
searching for them. The Author is
leaking at the forepeak and making
her way to Gibrantar.
LLANDOGO, England April 2. (£>)—
Rafael Sabatine, Jr., 19-year-old son
of the famous author, was killed here J
yesterday while motoring with hi<s
mother. She was severely injured.
APRIL SHOWERS
SAN FRANCISCO, April 2. {&)—
April was ushered into San Francis
co and the Bay ditrict in true April
shower style. One of the heaviest
rainfalls of the season swep£ the coast.
CONDITION OF KINO
FERDINAND IS SAME;
IS NOT EXPECTED TO SURVIVE;
FAVORITE DAUGHTER AT BED
SIDE
BUCHAREST, April 2. (>P)—King
Ferdinand’s condition is unchanged.
The doctors expect him to soon face
the crisis which he is not expected to
survive. Queen Marie of Jugoslavia,
his favorite daughtre, is at his bed
side. King Alexander of Jugoslavia
is en route from Belgrade. It is un
derstood bronchial pneumonia ha3
set in after an attack of influenza.
MEXICANS KILL U. S.
CITIZEN; BOOT IS
FOUND LYINC1 BILL
EDGAR M. WILKINS KIDNAPPED
NEAR GADALAJARA, MURDER
ED BY BANDITS
MEXICO CITY, April 2. (/P)—It is
learned that Edgar M. Wilkins, Am
erican, kidnapped near Guadalajara
Sunday, was killed by liis captors four
hours later. The body was found ly
ing on a hill near Santa Ana, Acatlan.
The kidnappers, hearing that federal
troops were seeking them, slew their
captive and fled. Some were over
taken by the federals and killed. The
majority escaped. Wilkins had been
kidnapped twice before but was re
leased unharmed.
WANTS $10 A DAY TO
GREAT FALLS, Mont. April 2. (/P)
—Testifying yesterday at her hearing
for temporary alimony of $1,500 a
month from L. C. Stevenson, oil
operator, pending his divorce action
against her, Mrs. Stevenson said, “I
have to have a drink once in-a-while
that will add another $10 a day.”
NEW MAIL PLANES
WASHINGTON, April 2. (JP)—
New and larger aeroplanes capa
ble of carrying two passengers and
1000 pounds of mail will be used in
transcontinental air mail service.
BURGLAR IS KILLED
MODESTO, Cal., April 2. (#»)—A
burglar entered the plant of the
Western Meat Co., here today and
was shot through the heart by a
police detective. The man was not
identified.
AUSTN, April 2. (,/P)—Texas militia
was called out to curb lawlessness at
the oil towrn of Borger.
ANCHORAGE
VS.
SEWARD