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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 26.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27,1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Former Secretary
Treasury Lyman
J. Gage Passes
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MEMBER OF PRESIDENTS M’KINLEY AND ROOSE
VELT’S CABINETS FOR FIVE YEARS—POPU
LARIZED AMERICAN WAR LOAN AT BEGIN
NING OF SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR IN 1898
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 27. (/P)—Lyman J. Gage, aged 90,
former Secretary of the Treasury, died at his Point Loma
home here.
Lyman Judson Gage, Secretary of the Treasury in
the Cabinets of Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt from
1897 to 1902, will be remembered for having first “popu
larized” an American war loan.
At the beginning of the Spanish-American war in
1898 Congress authorized the issuance of $200,000,000 in
bonds bearing 3 per cent interest. Doubt was expressed
whether bonds at so low a rate could be sold except at a
discount, but the entire loan was absorbed by individual
offers for a mounts less than $4,500 from more than 320,
000 persons.
DOG RACED REPEATS
PERFORMANCE. WINS
SECOND LAP TRE PASS
EMIL ST. GODDARD LOOKS LIKE
WINNER WITH EARL BRYDG
ES SECOND
THE PAS, Man., Jan 27. (IP)—Emil
St. Goddard repeated Tuesday’s per
formance yesterday, finishing first in
the second lap of the 120-mile dog
race. He covered the second 40 miles
in three hours and 57 minutes, 51 1-2
seconds. Eary Brydges was second
nine minutes behind. St. Goddard has
a 20-minute lead over Brydges and
looks like a sure winner. Leo St.
Goddard is third and “Shorty” Rus
sick fourth, with Harry Olensky with
drawn. Emil made Tuesday’s run in
three hours 35 minutes.
15 EQUIVALENT TO
CONFISCATION
THIS IS VIEW TAKEN BY STATE
DEPARTMENT — FEARS DIS
PUTE BE ADVANCED
WASHINGTON, aJn. 27.- (IP)—'The
Mexican government’s cancellation of
drilling permits of American oil com
panies which refuse to accept its new
laws is regarded by the State Depart
ment as equivalent to the confisca
tion of private property, which it has
been feared, will advance the dispute
one step nearer the final showdown
with Mexico.
INCOME TAX SHOWS GAIN
WASHINGTON, aJn. 27. (^—In
come tax collections for 1926 will
show enormous * gain over previous
years according to announcement
made here yesetrday.
* “The experiment was a justifiable
one,” the former Secretary was quot
ed, “and it worked out in a -way to
strengthen the national credit. The
fact that it was covered by suoserip
tions many times over, exhibited to
all countries the spirit of the people
as nothing else could, and instantly
impressed other powers with a sense
of the resources at the command of
the United States should a larger
struggle arise.” Twenty years later
the United States sold nearly $24,
000,000,000 of bonds to finance the
world war; $5,500,000 above the
amount offered for subscription.
Mr. Gage was born in De Ruyter,
N. Y., June 2S, 1836, the son of a
farmer. The family removed to Rome,
N. Y. in 1848 where Lyman attended
the Rome Academy. At 17 he en
tered the Onieda (N.Y.) Central bank
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 27. (&)—
Dramatically declaring his innocence,
Rocco Russo fell in a faint before the
bar in Superior Judge Stanley Mc
Murray’s Court yesterday morning
after hearing the Judge pronounce a
sentence of life imprisonment in San
Quentin prison for murder.
SPEAKER AND COBB MAY BE
REINSTATED IN FEW DAYS
CHICAGO, Jan. 27. (/P)—1Ty Cobb
and Speaker may be reinstated in
organized baseball within a few days.
It is said their attorneys are confer
ring with Commissioner Landis. The
Washington club is bidding for Speak
er for the coming season.
MAROONED FISHERMEN SAVED
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Jan. 27. (/P)
—Three fishermen, marooned on the
tug Imperial in the midst of a large
ice field, were rescued by the Sand
master, which plowed through the floe
to the imprisoned man. They have
bad drifting since Saturday.
Mil MILLIOlS ARE
SOUGHT BY RATLIFF
FORMER SEMITE
OKLAHOMA YOUNG MAN HIRES
LAWYERS TO OPEN CASE IN
TERRITORY
HE TELLS OF BEING HOUNDED
BY ENEMIES; ONCE CAST BE
HIND THE BARS
In the December 31st issue of The
Daily Oklahoman the following story
appeared on Jimimie Ratliff, who re
sided in Seward for about a year
during which time he conducted for
a few months a cleaning and pressing
establishment and who, accompanied
by Mrs. Ratliff, departed for the
States some months ago.
The article:
First steps in the attempt at re
covery of the $30,000,000 Alaska mine
for Jimmie Ratliff, Oklahoma boy
and sole surviving member of the
family of J. E. Ratliff, former sheriff
at Purcell, will be taken Friday by
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FISHERMEN ON ICE CAKE
MARIUPOL, Ukrania, Jan. 27. (£>)—
Twenty-five fishermen were carried
out to sea on a huge cake of ice and
are believed to have perished.
KELLOGG’S STATEMENT ON NIC
ARAGUAN SITUATION TO RE
MAIN A SECRET
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. (£>)—'The
Senate foreign relations committee
i decided not to make public Kellogg’s
! statement on the Nicaraguan situation
because “the Secretary deleted cer
tain parts at the hearing leaves it in
such condition that it does not record
what happened at the hearing, and the
committee ought not to establish the
practice of making executive sessions
public.”
JOLIE9, 111., Jan. 27. (IP)—Six men
all sentenced to death are daily sing
ing jazz songs during their wait in
the death cell. Four of them have
formed a quartett and hold daily con
certs. They laugh and smile when
asked how they feel about the death
sentence.
KLONDIKER BURIED IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Jan. 27. (^P)—Ernest M.
J. Whaley, chief engineer of the mo
torship Libby Maine, was bured here.
He went to the Klondike in 1897 and
followed mining and newspaper work
in Dawson and Fairbanks.
39 BELOW IN MINNESOTA
ST. PAUL, Jan. 27. (^)—Biting cold
tightened its grip upon the Northwets,
the brunt of the wave striking Minne
sota. Brainerd reported 39 below
zero, with thermometers in the State
generally sub-zero.
ATTORNEY STATES HER DIARY
REVEALED SHE WAS WORLD
LY-WISE WOMAN
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., Jan. 27.(/P)
—"Peaches” Browning concluded her
testimony under cross-examination
and said Browning brought home trick
spoons, cigars, rubber eggs and other
toys to amuse himself.
Browning’s attorney said the origi
nal diary she kept before marriage
“will show she was a woman of the
w’orld and knew wha*t marriage
meant.”
“Peaches” burst out: “I was a
good girl before marriage.”
The attorney delved into her experi
ences as a fifteen-dollar a wreek clerk,
and her published newspaper stories
of “why I left Daddy Browning.”
The separation trial adjourned un
! til Monday afternoon after “Peaches”
! Browning’s attorney rested.
START RECALL PROCEEDINGS
SPOKANE, Jan. 2.7. (JP)—Charles
Hedger, commissioner of public safe
ty wras arrested under an indictment
for liquor conspiracy. His bail was
i set at $5,000. Proceedings have been
* started to recall him as City Commis
sioner have been pending some time.
OHM WIIB
OF MOTHER ROOi
1 DIVORCE BUTTLE
SECURES VACATING OF ORDERS
TYING UP PROPERTIES IN
CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27. (^P)—Char
lie Chaplin won a writ restraining the
attorneys of Mrs. Chaplin from furth
er interfering! with properties of Chap
lin in California. The writ also re
strains the Superior court from fur
ther action in the divorce suit.
JUDGE BEN LINDSEY
OUSTED EDOM DFFICE
DENVER, Jan. 27. (IP)—Ben B.
Lindsey, internationally known jurist,
yesterday was ousted as judge of the
Denver Juvenile court by the deci
sion of the State Supreme court. The
decision was over the tight run of
Lindsey’s and Royal Graham. The
court ruled that Graham was elected.
J. C. Leen, Cordova tailor and fur
buyer, was on. board the Admiral
Watson on his way to Kodiak.
UNITED STATES IS
READY TO NEGOTIATE
NEW TREATY CHINA
LARGEST MILITARY FORCE SINC
BOXER REBELLION DISEM
BARKING AT HONGKONG
CHINESE SILENTLY
KELLOGG’S MESSAGE ASSERTS
AMERICA’S SYMPATHY WITH
CHINA’S AWAKENING
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. (/P)—'The
United States is ready to negotiate
new treaties with China citing that it
will be done independently of other
powers if necessary, but it cannot ab
rogate existing treaties until new ones
are signed and ratified by the Senate.
In the meantime the United States is
holding naval forces available in Chi
nese waters to protect American life
and property should the Chinese au
thorities fail to accord such protec
tions
i This is the substance of Secretary
Kellogg’s long-deferred expression of
Chinese policy made public here in
the Times and symultaneously pub
lished in Peking’, Hankow and Shang
hai.
The pronouncement asserts Ameri
can sympathk with China’s “nation
alistic awakening,” and promises
strict neutrality as between the Chi
nese factions. It announces a desire
to deal with China in “the most lib
eral spirit” regarding unequal treaties.
The statement declares that all the
United States demands for Americans
in China is protection and equal treat
ment with other foreign nationals in
the right to pursue legitimate occu
pations without “special privileges,
monopolies or spheres of special in
terest or influence.”
BRITISH TROPPS DISEMBARK
SHANGHAI, Jan. 27. (JP)—'The first
British force of 435 Punjab troops dis
embarked from Hongkong without in
cident. The first British soldiers
landed in Shanghai since the Boxer
rebellion and the largest military
force landed in China to protect foi*
eigners since the Boxer outbreak, ex
cept forces provided for in the treaties
with the Chinese. The people silent
ly watched the Punjab troops parade.
OLYMPIA HARMONY SPLIT
0HER OLD AGE PENSION
OLYMPIA, Jan. 27. (IP)—After 1G
days of harmony the Legislature split
when the Senate voted, 30 to 11 to
override Governor Hartley’s veto of
the old age pension bills. The deci
sion, however, is not considered a test
between the supporters and opponents
of Governor Hartley as Senators of
both sides laid aside factional lean
ings in casting their votes.
TOWNS REMAIN DESERTED
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jan. 27. (/P)—
Swollen rivers are receding in Arkan
sas today, but some river towns re
main deserted. Business is halted.