COAST TERMINAL FOR THE ALASKA RAILROAD
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 24. SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1927. PRICE TEN CENTS
FUR BEARING FARMS
PROVIDE FOR MINIMUM RENTAL
$25 YEARLY ON TRACTS OF
640 ACRES
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. (/P)—'The
Interior Department announced regu
lations under which the lessee of land
in Alaska for the establishment oi
fur-bearing namila farms must arrange
for propagation of animals, and the
regulations provide for payment of a
minimum rental of $5.00 yearly on
public land tracts up to 640 acres and
a minimum of $50 for tracts over that
size. A royalty of one per cent on
the gross return must be paid the
government. Leases will be made
through the land offices at Anchorage
and Fairbanks.
. BROOKLYN CONCERN
PENNILESS • IMMIGRANT HAS
ENJOYED REMARKABLE BUS
INESS CAREER
NEW YORK, Jan. 25. (/P)—Sam
uel Rubel, who came to the Unitec
States a penniless immigrant in 1906
at the age of 35, consummated a dea
which placed him at the head of £
$25,000,000 ice and coal concern bj
the purchase of the Commonwealtl
Coal and Ice company and Pellang(
Coal and Ice company, which he wil
merge with the Rubel Coal companj
and his other interests, acquiring vir
tuallv a coal and ice monopoly foi
the thickly populated Brooklyn anc
Queens counties. Rubel began hi?
American busines scareer in a stove
factory at S3.00 per week.
CHAPLIN EXPECT5T0
FILL IN LOVE ACAIN
NEW YORK, Jan. 25. (^P)—Charlie
Chaplin, whose fortune is tied up bj
United States tax liens and his wife’s
divorce suit, said he believed his wife
is too young to realize what she is do
ing and also unless senility overcomes
him he hopes to fall in love again.
ORDER WAS ILLEGAL
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25. (JP)—Charg
ing that the order fixing Lita Grey
Chaplin’s temporary allowance at
$4,000 per month was illegal because
Charlie Chaplin was neither served
with notice or legally represented in
court. The counsel for the comedian
may take an appeal from the order,
it was learned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. (/P)—1The
government agreed to permit Chaplin
to obtain money he has in a New York
bank against which an income tax
lien has been placed, estimated at
$600,000. A bond 'will be posted with
in a few days and permission granted
so he may return to California and
continue to work and fight for his chil
dren.
WASHINGTON NOTES
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. (JP)—The
Senate rejected the nomination of
1 j Woods as a member of the Interstate
I Commerce Commission. The vote,
taken in executive session, was 45 to
28. Based mainly on his Pennsylva
nia financial interests the Southern
coal States energetically opposed him.
Five hundred marines have been
| withdrawn from the mail guard.
The White House announced that it
will not resubmit Woods’ nomination.
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The Senate committee on agricul
I ture approved the McNary-Haugen
farm relief bill.
Immediate repudiation of war by a
United States constitutional amend
’ ment prohibiting Congress from de
! daring war was urged on the Senate
judiciary committee by the women’s
organizations.
Chairman Norris of the New York
Republican State committee declared
Coolidge is the only Republican presi
dential candidate who can carry New
York in 1928, if Smith is the Demo
cratic nominee.
American investments in Mexico to
talling more than a billion dollars are
seriously threatened and much Amer
ican property has already been appro
priated, Assistant Secretary of State
Carr told the House appropriations
committee in hearings made public to
day.
In the greatest mobilization since
1 the World War all available aircraft
1 of the War Department will swarm
I! the skies at Kelly Field, Texas, in -war
I maneuvers during April, it was learned
’ ] today. Fighting plans totalling near
I ly 200 will be used in the concentra
' | tion.
President Coolidge believes Ameri
ca’s Chinese policy will be materially
different from that of Great Britain
as America has no concessions. Sec
retary Kellogg will soon announce the
policy in reply to a British statement.
The House foreign affairs committee
approved the Pprter resolution re
commending that the United States
1 act indepenndetly of other nations in
China.
1 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25. (£>)—
The body of Capt. James W. Cleghorn,
master mariner, wrho has been missing
(for a week, w^as found in a room on
the Embarcadero yesterday. He had
ben dead for only a few hours. Cause
of death remains a mystery until an
autopsy can be performed.
NEW YORK, Jan.'25. (£>)—Count
Salm, husband of Millicent Rogers,
Standard Oil heiress, now en route
to Paris, was nattily dressed but
painfully nervous as he appeared to ,
take out his first citizenship papers
in the Federal court. He said he
| henceforth desires to be known as Mr. :
L Salm. <
CONSTITUTIONAL
FORMER SOLICITOR - GENERA
JAS. M.. BECK, IS HANDLING
CASE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. (/P)—Sei
ator-elect Frank Smith of Illinois e]
peared before the Senate committe
on elections to present his angle c
the slush fund investigation which ha
resulted in temporarily barring hii
from his seat in the Senate. Forme
Attorney-General Beck as chief corn
sel for Smith, pleaded that even
the Illinois slush fund evidence J
true Smith is not constitutionally dii
qualified from the Senate seat.
In his defense of Senator-elect Smitl
Mr. Beck pointed the same subjet
matter involved in the case of Set
ator-elect Vare of Pennslyvania. H
pointed out that no question has bee
raised as to the election of eith€
Vare or Smith, the returns showin
each to have received a substantk
majority of votes, with Smith’s pli
rality in Illinois in excess of 70,00
and Vare’s majority over 180,000.
He maintains that the Constitutio
does not permit of the Senate goin
beyond the returns as certified froi
the State in which the Senator wa
elected.
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FIVE HUNDRED FOOT RICHARC
SON HIGHWAY STRUCTURE
TOTALLY BROKEN UP
JUNEAU, Jan. 25. (/P)—Floods a
tributed to an ice jam in Tazlina Iak<
north of Cordova, swept the Tazlin
river Saturday and destroyed the 501
fot bridge on the Richardson highway
60 miles north of Chitina, raising th
water in Copper river within thre
feet of the road at Copper Center. 1
is the first time in history that a floo
of such magnitude has been recorde
in the Interior in winter.
EIGHTH GRADE PUPILS
ELIGIBLE IN CONIES'
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 25. (JP)—'Th
national headquarters of the Amer
can Legion announced that all Alas
kan Eighth grade High school pupil
are eligible to submit designs in th
contest for a Territorial flag. Th
Legislature may adopt one winning de
sign for official use.
The S. S. Admiral Watson is due it<
irrive in port tomorrow morning, ac
wording to a report received late this
ifternoon.
TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 25. (JP)—Yosh
hitos funeral to cost two million
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SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD STANLEY LEE FOUND
GUILTY BY JURY OF BEATING TO DEATH OT
TIE HUDSON—HE “DIDN’T LIKE THE KID” AND
FIGURED KILLING HIM FOR SOME DAYS—WAS
WILLING TO SPLIT GUARD’S HEAD WITH AN
AXE
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CHEHALIS, Wn., Jan. 25. @—A coroner’s jury in
5' vestigating the death of Ottie Hudson, aged 16, found
Stanley Lee, aged117, had beaten him to death with a ham
mer. The boys were inmates of the State Training
L’ School for Boys. “I didn’t like the kid,” Lee told the jury.
1 “I’d been figuring on this for three days. He sloughed
l' off his work too much on me.”
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The youths, including Hudson Lee*
were in the school shop. Lee sud
denly jumped up, seized a hammer
from the wall and struck Hudson be
hind the right ear. As Hudson was
q sinking to the floor, Lee struck again.
Two other lads, who ran for help,
n said they heard other blows as they
g fled. Ferris Cross and Barnett Bax
n ' ter, inmates, testified that shortly af
s ter Lee came to school December 2,
he induced them to make a break for
liberty. He told them he would split
a guard’s head with an axe if neces
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sary.
MAN FROZEN AT KOBE
JUNEAU, Jan. 25. (JP)—A man
named Libby was badly frozen, his
J wife crippled and his son is reported
I marooned on the Kobe trail. A re
lief party was dispatched from Fair
). banks.
SIXTEEN THOUSAND
t UNDER COMMAND OF MAJOR
i GENERAL JOHN DUNCAN—AT
i TITUDE MADE CLEAR
LONDON, Jan. 25. (/P)—All doubts
as to the magnitude of British pre
parations in China were cleared when
" the War office announced the compo
sition of the “Shanghai defense;
force” to edefnd the British concession
3 in Shanghai. The force will be corn-;
- manded by Major General John Dun-j
- can. He sails for China immediately. |
3 Duncan’s forces consist of 1,000 men.j
3 It is estimated that 16,000 men will;
3 be available for the defense of British
* interests, including 1,000 marines pre
viously ordered to China, sailors on
cruisers dispatched to the Far East
) and troops already in China.
! GOVERNOR HOMEWARD BOUND
SEATTLE, Jan. 25. (JP)—Governor
Parks is due to arrive during the mid
week and leaves for Juneau Satur
day.
SEPARATION SUIT
OF “PEACHES" IS
UNDER WAT TODAY
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AS HUBBY ENTERS, “PEACHES”
WEEPS PROFUSELY — NEW
LAWSUIT IS FILED
CARMEL, N. Y., Jan. 25. (£>)—Ed
ward Brownings’ separation suit
against “Peaches” opened this morn
jing and adjourned to White Plains 35
minutes later. The trial will be re
sumed at WThite Plains tomorrow.
The court room was packed, includ
ing standing room. Women clapped
loudly when Edward entered and
“Peaches” wept profusely.
Edward Browning, eccentric mil
lionaire realtor and adopter of young
girls, was involved in a new lawsuit
when Rene Shapiro, aged 21, brought
suit for $200,000, charging Browning
with physically assaulting her in his
office four years ago. “Peaches”
Browning, his 15-year-old wife, and
Mary Spas are also suing him for
large amounts.
NOLLNER FILES FOR DOG DERBY
RUBY, Jan. 25. (IP)—George Nollner,
driving 15 maiamutes,. left for Fair
banks to compete for the Ruby-Fair
banks 65-mile dog derby on Lincoln’s
birthday. A combination of Ruby
business men is backing Nollner.
EN ROUTE LEGISLATIVE HALLS
RUBY, Alaska., Jan. 25. (IP)—Sen
ator John W. Dunn will start today
on his journey to Juneau to attend
the Legislature.
FIRST MIL SUICIDE
ALICANTE, Jan. 25. (IP)—What is
probably the first aerial suicide in.
history was reported here today.
Maurice Coucher, a French citizen, is
reported to have committed suicide
by jumping from a passenger airplane
between Toulouse and Casa Blanca.