COAST .TERMINAL FOR THE ALASKA RAILROAD
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 44. SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 14,1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
550 POUND SURFACE
COLD GRAVEL NEVADA
ELECTRIFIES MEN
PROSPECTORS AND VISITORS
SCATTER OVER COUNTRY
FILL POCKETS WITH GOLD
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TONOPAH, Nev., March 14. (JP)—
Discovery of rich gold surface deposits
bodes evil for the mushroom mining
town of Weepah, electrified by the
reports of surface gravels worth $50
a pound, which sent prospectors and
visitors scattering over the country
filling their pockets with gold in an at
tempt to stake placer claims. Placer
' claims may be staked on ground al
ready staked for lode, and the placer
claims are good from the surface to
the lode only. Lode claims have
been staked previously. Claim jump
ing has become prevalent and bold.
Dance hall girls are .beginning to
flock to town; many of them hold
^ claims. So many automobiles are ar
riving that a traffic cop has been ap
pointed. A Chinaman set up a res
taurant and was eaten out before
noon and he left for another supply
of food A sympathetic boom ap
peared at Goldfield wheW miles -of
stakes are appearing near the town
which died 20 years ago.
DEMPSEY ARGUES IV
WASTE PUNCH IICH
MAY RESTORE GROWN
EX-CHAMPION TURNS DEAF EAR
TO ENTREATIES OF RICKARD
TO ENTER SERIES
r LOS ANGELES, March 14. (IP)—
Why waste a knockout punch on some
contender for the Gene Tunney crown,
when that same punch might return
the same crown to the head that wore
it rather proudly before Tunney
earned it. There is the logic used by
Jack Dempsey, ex-champion in turning
a deaf ear to the entreaties of “Tex”
Rickard, to participate in Mr. Rick
ard’s well known series of elimina
tion bouts in New York. “One punch
might regain the title for me,” said
Dempsey," so why waste it on a white
hope.
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HUGE ZEPPELIN BE
BUILT BY GERMANY
FLIGHTS TO NORTH POLE IN 1928
PLANNED—POLE TWO DAYS;
TOKIO FOUR DAYS
SEVILLE, Sjain, March 14. (/P)—Dr.
Hugo Eckner announced that a huge
Zeppelin is being constructed at Fred
ericheshafen, Germany, to be used in
flight to the North Pole and Tokio
after a flight to Buenos Aires in the
autumn of 1928. The North Pole
flight will be made in two days and
a trip to Tokio in four days.
HUNDREDS PRISONERS
WAGE BLOODY BATTLE
IN KILBY PRISON
RIOT QUELLED AFTER TWO
HOURS WITH THE AID OF
SHOTGUNS, TEAR BOMBS
MONTGOMERY, Ala., March 14. (JP)
—Five hundred prisoners in Kilby
prison raged in a bloody battle at the
supper hour last night against the
tightening of privileges. None es
caped, but 16 were sent to the hospi
tal. The riot was quelled after two
hours by the use of shotguns and
tear bombs. The warden had or
dered visitors barred from the prison
inclosure after he learned that fire
arms, narco-tics and whiskey had been
smuggled to prisoners.
GANG WARFARE IH
CHICAGO BREAKS OUT
ANEW: FOUR DEAD
KILLINGS ATTRIBUTED TO LI
QUOR GANGS—OCCUR WITHIN
48 HOURS
CHICAGO, March 14. (IP)—'The
fourth slaying within 48 hours, attrib
uted to the new outbreak of war
fare between liquor gangs, occurred
Sunday. The victim is said to be
affiliated with the Genna brothers
band of gangsters. The body was
found lying in the street with the
back of the head torn away by a
charge of shotgun slugs.
DEFEATS SCHAEFER.
BALK LINE CHAMP
RUNS UP 400 AGAINST 180—WAS
CLOSE CONTENDER IN PREVI
OUS TOURNAMENTS
WASHINGTON, March 14. (£>)—
Welker Cochran, aged 34, a Holly
wood realtor, won the world’s cham
pionship 18-2 balk line billiard tour
ment, defeating Jake Schaefer 400 to
180. Although he had been a threat
at several tournaments, he never be
fore won a championship. The vic
tory gave him a final standing of five
victories and one defeat Previous
to the match Cochran and Schaeffer,
twice champion, tied for first.
SECOND TRAGEDY WEEK
TIKES PLAGE IT SITKI
JUNEAU, March 14. (IP)—Chris
Larson was found dead in his bakery
at Sitka. He had committed suicide
by hanging himself from the door
knob. It is the second tragedy in
Sitka within a week. A. F. Thiele,
laundryman, shot and killed himself
after a quarrel with his wife.
HOUSE ABANDONS
OLD PRECEDENT IN
EMPOWERS SPEAKER NAME COM
MUTE OF COMMITTEES TO
MAKE SELECTIONS
(Juneau Empire)
fey a vote of eight to seven, the
House overturned the practice of 14
years, prevailing during the previous i
seven sessions and; put into the hands
of Speaker Sumner Smith the power to
appoint the powerful committee on
committees. Heretofore, since the
very first session of the Alaska Legis
lature, this power has reposed in the
hands of the delegations from the
four divisions.
. The stripping of the delegations was
opposed by seven members, headed
by Representative Murray, Cordova,
but they were overridden by the ma
jority. And the Speaker promptly
named the committee which is charged
with the duty to apportion the assign
ments to members for regular stand
ing committees.
The motion, the adoption of which
swept aside the precedent and practice
of 14 years, -was made by Mr. Sund
quist, Candle, who moved that the
Speaker be empowered to appoint the
committee on committees. Mr. Mur
ray moved an amendment that the del
egation from each district elect its
own member to that committee, as
in the past. The amendment was lost.
Ross, Paul, Sundquist, Benjamin, Fer
guson, Worth, Johnston and Smith
voting against it, and Murray, Fisher,
Goffney, Rydeen, Sheldon, Scott and
Grier voting yes, on a rising vote.
The original motion then passed nine
to six, Grier voting for it with those
who had opposed the Murray amend
ment.
Speaker Smith then named Ross,
Paul, Grier and Sundquist on. the com
mittee on committees.
| The Speaker then appointed Messrs.
Rydeen, Sheldon and Benjamin as a
committee to inform the Senate the
House was organized and ready for
| business. He also appointed Messrs.
Fisher, Murray and Ferguson to inform
the Governor of the same facts. The
House adopted the 1925 rules with the
provision that changes might be made
later in the session.
The House appointed its staff of
clerical and stenographic employes.
Mrs. Nita McQueen was named as
sistant clerk, and Miss Dorothy God
dard, Miss Darlene Berry, Miss Alice
Case, Mrs. Nadja Vestal and Mrs.
Ben A. Grier for typists and stenogra
phers.
The House also received a Senate
committee notifying it the Senate was
organized.
The report of the committee on com
mittees was rendered at the morning
session of the House and was adopted
without discussion. The following
standing committees were named in it:
Banks, Banking and Corporations—
Scot£ Lomen and Fisher.
Judiciary and Federal Relations—
Murray, Paul, Worth, Lomen and
Johnston.
Education, Public Health, Quaran
tine and morals—Paul, Sundquist,
Grier, Ross Johnston.
Elections, Election Laws and Mile
age—Sheldon, Worth, Rydeen, Scott.
Fisheries, Fish Game and Agricul
ture—Benjamin, Ferguson, Gaffney,
Grier and Fisher.
Labor, Capital and Immigration-r
Gaffney, Ferguson, Rydeen and Fisher.
Purchasing and Printing—Johnston,
Benjamin, Murray.
Roads and Highways—Grier, Worth,
Sundquist, Gaffney, Scott, Sheldon.
(Continued on Page Two)
BATTLE RAGING IN HEAVY SNOW
STORM HONAN PROVINCE;
INTERNATIONAL PARADE
LONDON, March 14. (JP)—'The Shang
hai correspondent of the Sunday Ex
press reports the Yangtse squadron of
the Chinese navy, consisting of two
ships lying off Woosung, raised the
Cantonese flag, repudiating the al
legiance to the government.
• WORST STORM IN 40 YEARS
KAIFENG, Honan Province, China,
March 14. (JP)—A battle is raging in
a heavy snowstorm between the troops
of Chang Tso Lin, Governor of Sheng
King, and semi-independent Honan
troops at Han Schuang. The Province
is in the grip of the severest snow
storm in 40 years.
FOREIGNERS PARADE
SHANGHAI, March U—'The most
thoroughly international spectacle
since the Shanghai concentration be
gan took place in the streets of Shang
hai Sunday when the Shanghai volun
teer corps paraded 1,700 strong. The
marchers included English, Americans,
Scotch, Japanese, Italians, Portugese,
Russians, Filipinos and Chinese
BIGAMIST. BURGLAR
HABIT
JOHN KEARNEY BOASTS OF HAV
ING 14 WIVES AT VARIOUS
PERIODS
SAN FRANCISCO, March 14. (JP)—
John Kearney, bigamist and burglar,
who boasts of having had 14 wives,
may have the privilege of spending
the remainder of his life in jail. The
habitual criminal law which was en
acted in 1923, provides that a man
convicted the fourth time for a felony
may be sentenced to jail for life, and
Kearney’s record shows five previous
convictions.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 14. (JP)—
A beautiful princess in a tribe of
North Australian savages is seeking
a white husband. Her father, King
Narakad, has promised the white hero
who marries his daughter a big patch
of cocoanut trees and a new hut.
SINGAPORE STRAITS
SETTLEMENTS WARRING
SINGAPORE, Straits Settlement,
March 14. (JP)—Six Chinese were
killed and 11 wounded in a battle with
the police when the latter fired on
mobs storming the police station. The
disturbance grew out of a celebration
of the second anniversary of the death
of Sun Yat Sen.
SENATE BILL PROVIDES FINAN
CIAL ASSISTANCE TO PROS
JUNEAU, March 14 (/P)—1The Leg
I islature has been inactive to date with
I only ten bills introduced. Several of
| these amend existing statutes.
Three bills in the House and one in
the Senate provides for financial as
sistance to prospectors for transporta
tion with a limit of $150 annually
MOTH HANDICAP
BIG RICE CLASSIC
i WON BY SIR HE1V
l
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NET VALUE OF PURSE $84,000;
“DANGEROUS” SECOND AND
COTLOGOMOR THIRD
TIA JUANA, March 14. (JP)—Sir
Harry, the three-year-old colt of the
Seagram stables, won the eighth re
newal of the Coffroth handicap, the big
Western racing classic. Dangerous
of the Resedale stable was a half
length back for second, with Cotlogo
mor, five years old, of the Coventry
stable, six lengths further back for
third. The net value of the purse to
the winner was $84,000.
GROUP OF BENE A.ROS AND BENE
EDER MASSACRE SPANISH
WORKING PARTY
LONDON, March 14. (Jp)—An open
rebellion against Spain has broken
out again in the Riffian territory, near
Tangier, Morocco, dispatches to the
London newspapers said today. Groups
of Bene Aros, and Bene Eder, massa
cred a large Spansih working party,
within two miles of Tetuan, the
Westminster Gazette’s correspondent
reported.
LONDON, March 14. (£>)—Kenneth
Lindsay, an Oxford graduate and
British labor leader, says that Eng
land is cursed by its class distinctions.
What England needs, according to Mr.
Lindsay, is equality of opportunity,
free interchange between the classes
and adult education.
WASHINGTON, March 14. (£>)—
Congressman William D. Upshaw, the
fiery prohibitionist from Georgia, pre
dicts that prohibition will be a com
plete success in 1940 and that many
other moral laws will be in. force by
then. . r ~r i