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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 77.
SEWARD, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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REBELS Hi
END OF THE ROPE
EXTERMINATION OF REBELS
QUESTION OF HOURS NOW
STATES DISPATCH
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MEXICO CITY, April 3, (A3)—
Trapped within the city of Jim
tnez rebel troops under General
Escobar are reported to be stead
ily and desperately seeking a way
i,} retieat to the north while pow
erful federal forces continue to
close in upon them. All bridges
leading out of Jimenez have been
burned and retreat by rail appear
ed to be almost impossible.
Federal planes bombed the rebels
incessantly in a definite and clear
cut victory during the last two
d-’rirg which violent fighting for
the city has been underway.
The government, which hopes
for a federal victory at Jimenez
before the collapse of the rebel
movement in Chihuahua, also
looks for complete extermination of
the rebels shortly. General Calles
said it is only a question of hours
bofoie the rebels are decisively de
feated.
The rebel losses are placed at
600; the federal loss has not been
announced. The rebel version oi
the attack is lacking as telegrapl
lines were out of commission but
the last mesage yesterday reported
the capture of 1,000 federals and
the destruction of a plane. Fur
ther victories were also reported by
the rebels on the west, coast. Vic
tories were likewise reported from
the area by the federals.
Government troops are said to
be on the edgeg of Naco, Sonora,
where a batle is anticipated. Fur
ther federal air raids have been
made. The insurgents have given
assurance no more bombs will fall
on the American side of the bor
der.
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EVERY SECTION OF THE STATE
SHOWED DECIDED FAVOR
TO REPEAL DRY LAW
MILWAUKEE, April 3, (A3)—The
anti-prohibitionists scored a de
cided victory at the referendum
when an overwhelming sentiment
in favor of repealing the state pro
hibition enforcement act was reg
istered.
Returns from 1,494 precincts of
the state’s 2,759 precincts, repre
senting every section in the state,
showed 212,000 were in favor of
repealing and 106,000 as against
it.
On the other question, that of
removing the home-brew penalty
of five years, 100,000 voted yes and
58,000 voted no.
COLONEL OHLSON HERE
General Manager Otto F. Ohl
son, of the Alaska Railroad, ac
companied by his secretary, Mr.
Sims, arrived in Seward last even
ing from his Anchorage offices.
MIDDLE GRADES ABOUT TEN
j PERCENT LOWER WIRES
TACOMA COMPANY
TACOMA. Wn., April 3, (Special
to the Gateway)—Fur quotations
today are as follows:
Lynx $60 to $70 for large and ex
tra large.
Red fox $50 to $60 for ones and
i wos.
Cross fox, pale, $50 to $60; rusty,
,$70 to $90; and character and sii
j ;er skins $125 to $200.
Mink, good colors, $35 to $45; or
dinary $20 to $25.
Muskrats $1.15 to $1.25.
Otter $33 to $38.
Wolverine $20 to $23.
Market continues strong for bet
ter grades. Middle grades aie
; about 10 percent lower.
The above prices are quoted by
Ithe West Coast Fur Sales Inc.
PRINCE RUPERT, April 3, f/P)—
The United States fishing vessel
Dodic, bound for Prince Rupert
Rupert with 30,000 pounds of hal
ibut, ran ashore on Kinahan is
land last night in a heavy snow
storm. The vessel slid over the
I reef and dropped down at the
i stern which is reported to have
been damaged. Details are lacking.
CLOSE RACE FOR MEMBER OF
TIIE SCHOOL BOARD. POOR
DAY FOR POLLING
P. C. McMullen, local business
man and councilman for a num
ber of years, was elected mayor of
Seward at yesterday’s annual mun
icipal election. Councilmen elected
i were Elwyn Swetmann, incumbent,
,Otto C. Schallerer and R. J. Me
;Kanna. For director on the school
| board, W. C. Erwin.
I A r-otal of 231 votes were cast
[which was considered as fair ow
ning to the disagreeable and cold
jgale which has laid many low with
severe colds. The registration, prior
to election, was 247.
The official count of the ballots
cast for candidates to the various
offices, was as follows:
For mayor: P. C. McMullen 138,
J. Hofman 89.
For councilman: Elwyn Swet
Imann 179, Otto C. Schallerer 157,
| R. J. McKanna 117, T. Osbo 103,
i Louis Simpson 99.
I School board: W. C. Erwin 127,
| F. E. Leslie 104.
' The newly elected members will
> take their seats on April 10.
^ATTLF. April 3. OP)—The S. 3.
Admiral Evens., of the P. S. S. Co.,
sailed at 10 a. m. today and car
ried 120 passengers, nine for Sew
ard as follows:
Miss Opal Foley. Mrs. Joseph An- '
|nerson. Franklin Erickson, Jeriy!
iSeigman, E. Gustafson. Austin!
Sarry. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Weyer I
and Thomas Hughes.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Los Angeles 7; Hollywood 6.
San Francisco 1; Missions 3.
Seattle 7; Oakland 1.
Portland 13; Sacramento 2.
Mi RESOUNDS
MARKET CRASHES
Gimmcii
BIGGEST DROP IN THE HIS
TORY OF THE COUNTRY
RECORDED
NEW YORK, April 3, (/P)_Wit!
a roar which resounded aroum
the world, the New York stoc!
mark0* crashed in the biggest dro]
n the history of the country, Ner
voits and fearful because of dwind
ling profits and quickly mounting
losses, speculators of all varietie
dumped their holdings into th
dizzy maelstrom, as the rate fo
call money climbed up from 12 t
5, to 17 and finally to the 20 per
cent.
Brisk recovery in the final hour
which boosted prices anywher
rom five to 20 points came to
ate 'or the thousands who hai
sold out during the early trading
The losses sustained by the specu
Kton, will mount into many mil
lions of dollars.
The policy of restriction fo
peculative purposes espoused b;
the federal reserve board was th
prime factor in one of the mos
drastic shakedowns the market ha
ever experienced. The boards strip
around credit has been gradual!
pulled taunt and hte withdrawa
of only $10,000,000 for the cal
money field was enough to brea!
the market.
The morning crash was one o
the widest ever known, from thi
very opening the stocks droppec
from five to 17 points without anj
visible support and from then or
tire trading was frenzied.
SIX HOURS FROM LONDON TO PAR IS UNDER THE ENGLISH
CHANNEL
Drawing shows one scheme for a tunnel be neath the English channel. London and Paris,
views of which are at upper left and right, would be connected by a six-hour rail trip. The run
ning time through the tube would be less than an hour, but the capitals are some distance in
land. Sir Robert Perks long has worked for a tu nnel. Sir William Bull is its most active propro
nent in parliament.
PENSIONS APPLICATION MEAS
URE WILE PASS HOUSE TO
MORROW, THOUGHT
i JUNEAU, April 3, (Special to the
| Gateway)—Rothburg, yesterday,
successxuily led the fight against
the ways and means committee
amendment cutting to $30 his
j proposed increase in pensions
i, to $35 per month and the house
' | approved of the higher rate.
j| It then proceeded to omit
; the “Pioneer" old age allowance
| out of the bill by limiting its pro
, j visions to persons arriving in the
51 Territory not later than Decem
? ber 31, 1905. This does not apply
t! to persons now on the pension
31 rolls but would affect all future
■ pension applications. The measure
will undoubtedly pass the house
s tomorrow.
The house passed the bill mak
3 ing Armistice Day a legal holiday.
* The Seward peninsula ship sub
• sidy for $17,000 was also passed as
■ were the bills authorizing the road
- commission to spend funds for
i clearing away snov,' from high
■ ways, and the bill carrying $4,000
' for the erection of a new school at
.. j Bethel.
i: The senate passed the Cook In
5; let ship subsidy carrying $10,200.
; Benjamin introduced to the sen
' 1 ate a measure providing for Ter
1 ritorial financial aid to hospitals
1 limiting the maximum to any in
■ stitution to $1,500 and appropriat
ing $20,000 for the biennium.
ALASKA, YU,
B, C, HIGH! IS
HOUSED, BOOSES
BIG PROPOSED HIGHWAY PRO
j JECT TO RECEIVE CO-OPER
ATION CIVIC BODIES
—
i SEATTLE, April 3, (/P)—The pro
ject to establish and construct an
850 miles Fairbanks, International
Seatle highway through British
Columbia, has been indorsed by
the Seattle Chamber of Commerce
and the Vancouver Board of Trade
organ, zations.
It has been agreed that the un
dertaKing mu*t secure the co-oper
ation of similar organizations in
British Columbia and in Yukon
territory.
The highway in Alaska would be
150 miles and in Yukon territory
300 miles while in British Colum
bia, the last link, would be 400.
COLONEL EIELSON
GRAND FORKS, N. D„ April 3,
(JP)—Carl B. Eielson, pioneer Alas
ka ace, was honored yesterday
when a colonel’s commission in the
National Guard was presented to
him by Governor Shafer at a ban
quet tendered him by the Amer
ican Legion.