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ALASKA PROPER
COAST TERMINAL FOR THE ALASKA
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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 07.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
• LAKE 1 MILES LONG
fly 58 MILES WIDE IS
FORMED IN LOUISIANA
GREAT ‘'SUGAR BOWL" IS NOW
INUNDATED, ADDING VAST
ACREAGE TO OVERFLOW
NEW ORLEANS. May 14. <>P)—
Waters from Bayou Des Glaces cre
vasses hourly added to the total
sQuare miles of submerged lands in
Louisiana, engulfing the famous “su
gar bowl,” Evangeline country and
Seward marsh. The latest collapse
will increase the agricultural loss of
the State by $10,000,000 and boost the
total of the State’s homeless to 200.
000. When the waters reach the
Gulf more than a million acres of Lou
isiana will be submerged in a laker 225
miles long and ranging from 50 to 100
miles wide. The crevasse at Moreau
ville is reported to be 600 feet wide
with a wave of water eight to ten feet
^ deep sweeping through the gap.
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND MEN
FIGHT FEVERISHLY TO PRE
SERVE DIKES
WASHINGTON. May 14. (/P»—Small
pox has broken out in the flood dis
trict it was reported from Harrisburg,
La., yesterday. The famous leper
colony, near Carrville, where 300 le
pers live, in exile, is menaced by the
flood. Today 25,000 men are fighting
feverishly to preserve the dikes' in the
Red River Valley, in a desperate ef
fort to prevent their being carried
away.
SCOTLAND YARD MEN SWOOP
DOWN UPON SOVIET HOUSE
AND TAKE CHARGE
LONDON. May 14. (JP)—One of the
most spectacular raids on London’s
financial district took place yesterday,
swooped down upon the Soviet house
Forty-five men from Scotland Yard
in Moorgate and took charge not only
of the Arc-os offices but also the quar
ters occupied by the Russian trade
delegation whose officials were sup
posed to be immune from arrest.
ENVOY AT VATICAN
ROME. May 14. (JP)—Announce
ment that Great Britain will maintain
an envoy at the Vatican as perman
ent representative drew acknowl
^ edgement from the Pope who ex
pressed gratification at Britains act
ion.
LONDON, May 14. (IP)—It is gener
ally reported that the raid on the So
viet house in London, headquarters of
the Russian trade delegation, and
Arcos, Ltd., a Soviet commercial or
ganization, was made to discover
whether certain documents of import
ance to the state which have been
missing several months would be
found there.
HE NTS DEATH
NEW YORK, May 14. (ff)—Henry
Judd Gray is perusing the Bible in
jail here. He sees himself “one of the
best examples of what whiskey, lust
and sin ultimately lead one into.” Mrs.
Snyder sees herself the victim of in
justice, and is prepared to fight against
the death sentence. Gray said: “There
may a day come when people will
clamor and fight to enter into churches
to hear God’s Word as they did to en
ter this building to hear such sordid
words of shame and sin.” He de
clared Mrs. Snyder does not “believe
in God.”
NORTHWESTERN SIS
ill ?l! PASSENGERS
SEATTLE. May 14. (IP)—The S. S.
Northwestern sailed for Alaska at 9
o’clock this morning and carried 209
passengers. Seward passengers in
clude: A. M. Ewing, D. C. Andrews,
M. L. Dorfoe, Roy Demmick, C. J. Gor
don. A. Almdahl, V. Anderson, John
Odin, May Olements, W. F. Hoelscher,
R. W. Pomranig, J. S. Schiemer,
Russell M. Bridgewater. Mrs. J. E.
Hicks. Chas. McGuarty, Lyda Wallace,
C. A. Wells and brother, Mrs. Louis
Reike, W. W. Stoll, S. Dubin. L.
Brown. L. A. Reck, Hilbert Carlson
and wife. J. Donnelly, Mrs. D. B. Tut
tle, Evelyn Lee. Helen Miller, G.
Aarons, Mrs. P. Littleson, Mrs. Iv.
Kimara and two children, Chas. Mo
rin. E. C. Apfel, J. E. Hadders, Grant
Leeson. J. G. Handers, D. Turcotte,
R. H. Dobbs, A. A. Hyslop, E. Burlin,
wife and child, B. Christie, three ori
entals and 23 steerage.
FIRSTTiE HISTORY
LOTTERY UNDIVIDED
K E HOE WILL PROBABLY NET
S33.000 ON HIS $1.00 TICKET ON
NENANA POOL
FAIRBANKS, May 14. (Jp)—Edward
i Kelioe of Fairbanks won this year’s
| Nenana ice pool of $37,000, probably
netting him $33,000. The clocks
I
stopped at 5:42 yesterday morning.
It is the first time in history that the
pool is undivided.
DETECTIVES SET TO GUARD
WHILE FATHER CRUISES IN
ALASKAN WATERS
CHICAGO, May -4. (JP)—'The 15
months-old daughter and six-year-old
stepson of John Borden. Chicago mil
lionaire explorer are under close guard
by private detectives because of fear
of kidnappers said the Herald-Exam
iner. Mr. and Mrs. Borden are with
the Field Museum arctic expedition
and were last reported nearing the
western coast of Alaska, where they
will seek rare specimens of polar bear
and walrus. During their absence the
Bordens left the children in the care
of their grandmother. Mrs. Frank C.
Letts, a nurse and the Borden’s sec
retary. Whether ransom demands
have been .made or the Bordens was
not revealed, said the newspaper,
which stated, however, that detectives
have been engaged specifically to
guard the children against kidnapping.
HOPE IS EXPRESSED
AMERICAN BALLOONIST ONCE
LOST MADE WAY BACK TO
SETTLEMENT
ST. JOHNS. X. F„ May 14. (/P)—
Six persons have now declared that
they heard the roar of the “White
Bird.” Captain Nungesser’s trans-At
lantic plane, as it passed overhead at
Harbor Grace on Monday morning.
With these persistent reports contin
uing, it is now believed that the plane
succeeded in getting to land. It is
hoped that the fliers landed in Lab
rador and that they would eventually
be found; also it was pointed out that
an American ballonist was lost in
Labrador for ten days and that he
finally made his way to a settlement
and was saved.
BRIDGING GOLDEN
SATE 15 FEASIBLE
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NOTED ENGINEER ESTIMATES
COST AT S21,OOO,OOO—LARGEST
SPAN IN WORLD
SAX FRANCISCO. May 14. (/P)—Jo
seph B. Strauss, noted engineer, de
clared yesterday that a bridge across
| the Golden Gate was highly feasible
and that its cost would only be about
$21,000,000. Legal steps are being taken
| to form a bridge district after which
I a survey will be made toward asking
for a franchise for the structure. The
| main span of the bridge would be 4,000
feet long and the longest in the world.
CHINESE CONTINUE PING
1 ALL FOREIGN SHIPPING
SHANGHAI, May 14. (/P)—Firing on
ships passing Nanking on the Yaugtse
river is becoming more frequent. An
American destroyer was fired on twice
yesterday by the Chinese. A British
destroyer, British steamer and several
other ships also were made targets.
VETOES HOUSE BILL NO. 57 AND
SENATE BILL NO 24 AS WITH
OUT REASON
!
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JUNEAU, May 14. (JP)— Governor
Parks pocketed and thereby vetoed
House bill No. 57 providing for the
discharge of indigent convicts incar
cerated for failure to pay their fine,
and Senate bill No. 24, providing for
proceeding under Chapter 36, Title
13, Compiled Laws of Alaska, rela
tive to proceedings in the natiire hi
quo warranto, instituted by the Attor
ney General. Governor Parks said
there was no reason why they should
become laws. All other measures
passed were signed .
ILK ST HIGH PRICE
ESS, YOUTH SHOOTS MSN
SAX FRANCISCO, May 14. (/P)—
Rather than pay 95 cents for five gal- ^
Ions of gasoline one of five youths, in ,
a touring car, yesterday shot and
probably fatally injured a gasoline
station proprietor. None of the ban
dits have been captured.
STMTS MOUSED
DISMISSAL OF PROF.
EIGHT HUNDRED STAGE INDIG-'
NATION MEETING AND WALK
OUT
SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 14. (Jp)
—Aroused bv the action of the muni
cipal Board of Education ousting
John F. Dale as Sacramento High
school principal, at the end of the
present term, 800 students yesterday
staged an indignation meeting and
walked out on strike. They refused'to
attend classes and spent the day
staging demonstrations in the city’s
streets.
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KILLINGS COMPARED
WASHINGTON, May 14. GP)—Pri- j
vate investigations revealed that!
I while prohibition units in carrying
.out the Volstead law had killed 200
I citizens, the Coast Guard operating
ion a 10,000 mile front had searched
'53,080 boats in the last year and kill
! ed only five persons.
FOUR PLIES READY
FOR BIO HOP ACROSS
ATLANTIC TO FRANCE
“LUCKY” LINBERGH, CHAMBER
LAIN, BERTRAND AND COM
MANDER BYRD
NEW YORK, May 12. UP)—“Lucky"
Lindbergh flew out of the West thu.3
bringing the number of New York to
Paris non-stop fight entrants up to
four. Excitement was spread through
| out New York as it appeared that the
; trans-Atlantic flight was to take on
I the appearance of a race. Lindbergh
j who flew from San Diego to New York
in two days, stopping overnight in St
Louis, will tackle the flight single
! handed, and it was also reported that
I
he will not start on his hop for at least
two days.
| The giant Bellanca, non-stop plane
is tuned up and the fliers, Chamber
lain and Bertrand, are awaiting fa
! vorable weather reports before hop
i
; ping off for Paris, it was made known
today.
Commander Byrd, who was the first
l to fly over the North Poly, ailiven aL
New York yesterday to be on hand for
i an early start for Paris.
TRflNS-ftTLSNTIC FIIEHS
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NEW YORK. May 14. (/P)—The tri
corn erect air race to Paris loomed as
a greater possibility as adverse weath
er conditions caused further post
ponement in the take-off of the con
tenders. The Weather Bureau dictum
that squally conditions existed beyond
mid-ocean caused Clarence Chamber
lain and Floyd Bertaud to postpone
1 the flight set for early today. Mean
while Commander Richarjd Byrd
rushed plans for a hop-off. Captain
j Charles Lindbergh is rearing to go,
I awaiting better weather.
PLANE COLUMBIA IS
I ALL SET FOR HOP-OFF
GIANT PLANE ESTABLISHED A
WORLD’S SUSTAINED FLIQAHT
RECORD OF 52 HOURS
NEW YORK, May 14. (/P>—'The
American plane Columbia is all set
for the hop-off to Paris today in a
New York to Paris non-stop flight. The
giant 'plane which established the
world’s sustained flight record of 52
hours last month, was given its final
j adjustments yesterday, and Pilot
Chamberlain declared he is ready to
hop off at any time.
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CAUSE FOR SUICIDE
CHICAGO, May 11. (/P)—Teaching
of evolution in the Universities is
one of four basic reasons for the
wave of student suicides, Do. J. H.
j Benner said in addressing the Home
lopathic convention.