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FINAL PORT OF CALL FOR THREE
STEAMSHIP COMPANIES
HEADQUARTERS U. S; SIGNAL CORPS
COMMUNICATION FACILITIES I N
ALASKA PROPER
COAST TERMINAL FOR THE ALASKA
RAILROAD
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 277.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
War Department Will
Not Issue Licenses
Conflicting B. of F.
NEW REGULATIONS COVERING TRAP LICENSES
PUBLISHED—ISSUANCE WILL BE PERMITED
ONLY WHERE HARMONY WITH BUREAU OF
FISHERIES REGULATIONS IS ASSURED—IN
THE FUTURE DRAWINGS MUST ACCOMPANY
APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS-^MUST BE AC
TUALLY SURVEYED. j
JUNEAU, Dec. 16. (/P)—New regulations have been
published hy the United States engineer for the Juneau
district covering issuance and wants of the department
of licenses for fish traps and locations “effective immedi
ately.”
The War Department will not grant fish traps per
mits which oblivously will result in conflict with the regu
lations of the Bureau of Fisheries. No permits will be is
sued during the remainder of the present calendar year
and all permits issued after January 1st will contain the
provision that if a complete trap, therein authorized, is
not in position by the specific date the War Department
reserves the right to cancel such permit.
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HOUSE DE COMMONS
REJEGTS REVISED
HAD ALREADY BEEN APPROVED
BY HOUSE OF LORDS; BALD
WIN RECOMMENDED
LONDON, Dee. 16. (JP)—Contrary
to all expectations the House of
Commons rejected the revised prayer
book despite the fact Premier Bald
win recommended its adoption.
It had already been approved by
the House of Lords by a vote of 240
to 83. The Commons rejected the
measure by the vote of 247 to 205.
CENTRAL AMERICAN
FLIGHT IS PUNNED
BY COL LINDBERGH
INTENDS TO FLY FROM MEXICO
CITY TO GUATEMALA CITY,
AND OTHERS
MEXICO CITY. Dec. 16. (/P)—Cen
tral America is scheduled for the
next air conquest of Colonel Chas. d
Lindbergh unless his present p’ans
arp changed.
Colonel Lndbergh intends to fly
from Mexico City to Guatemala Cily,
San Salvador, Honduras, Panama auu
possibly Nicaragua, then probuoly
visit Havana.
■ rne war ueparmieiu wm issue
I trap permits for locations within 1,500
feet oi' navigation aids except upon i
! concurrence with the lighthouse ser
' vice. Applications foi^ permits will
| be considered in the order they are j
1 received and accepted. No applied-.
I lions will be considers! where a Ter
ritorial license has nh Deen apo'ied
! for within two days after application ^
j and received in the district engin
eers office”. I
In the future drawings, covering
the application, must show accurately
the proposed location oi' the trap by
actual survey to determine the la <
tude and longitude by compass oe -
ings on some definite object or by
actually measured distance from
some definite point in the vicinity
on the shore line. The drawings (
must also show the proposed ’■ -op j
will not be in the area the War T"*e 1
partment regulations have designate.-,
to prevent conflict with the fisheries
in which fishing is prohibited whiV
the regulations are in effect and wi n'
holders of trap permits.
The issuance of permits carrie no
assurance that conflicts will net ex j
is t, and the War Department an-!
nounced, it will make no effort to ;
adjudication in conflicts which may j
arise.
UNITED STATES MINING CORP
SILVERTON, Colo., Dec. 16. (£>)—
Bently McMullin, attorney from Den
ver, has purchased at sheriff's sale
■he holdings of the United States
Mining Corporation, for his client, R
F. Garber. The bid price was said to
have been $75,000 and there was an
indebtedness held by Mr. Garber i
I
amounting to approximately $89,000. j
PARTY COALITION
HOLOS WHIP HAND
PASSES TAX BILL
THREE MAJOR AMENDMENTS
PASSED; VIGOROUSLY OP
POSED BY REPBLICANS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. (£>)—'With
a Democratic.Iiepublican coalition
holding the whip hand the House
passed the tax bill with three major
amendments which were vigorously
opposed by Republican party leaders.
On the final showdown, however,
only 21 Republicans were willing to
| go on record against the measure
after exhausting every parliamentary
means to eliminate the three contest
ed amendments.
Among them was one for the re
peal of sales tax on automobiles.
Vote on its passage resulted 366 to
j 21. Upon roll call the measure pass
ed 'by the vote of 245 to 151.
Democrats and about a score of
Republicans supporting the proposal
I in the other two amendments which
[ provided reduction of taxes for small
corporations and.- requiring corpora
tions and subsidiaries to file sep
i erate instead of joint returns.
IMS PERFECT RECORD
AS WITNESS BEHIND
CINCINNATI, Dec. 16. (/P)—Geo.
Connors, Lieutenant; of George Remus,
| who is on trial for the murder of liis
wife Imogene, stepped from the wit
ness stand after two days under cross
examination, leaving behind him a
perfect record as witness for the de
fense.
SUGGESTS DESIRABLE EUROP
EANS ADMITTANCE AGRICUL
TURAL AREAS ALASKA
SEATTLE, Dec. 16. (/P)—A plan
I submitted to the Alaska committee
| of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce
I by the Seattle Mining Club would al
low desirable Europeans admittance
to Alaska above the present legal
quotas'.
These immigrants would settle the
agricultural areas and would be re
quired to have a two years operating
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capital. They would be available for
admission to the United States after
five years.
The committee also endorsed the
program Governor Parks submitted
to Congress.
TAKES WHEELER’S POSITION
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. (JP)—F.
Scott McBride, supporter of militant
prohibition enforcement policies, ad-1
vanced by the late Wayne B. Wheel-j
er, gained control of the Anti-Saloon
League 'by ousting of two members
from their positiorm on the executive
committee.
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SENATOR MOSES RE-ELECTED !
PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE,
THAYER, SECRETARY
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. (JP)—
Drawing support from both the ir
regulars and from their own party
and one Farmer Labor member the
R epublicans were able to hold con
trol of the Senate organization by a
margin of a few votes.
They re-elected Senator Moses
from New Hampshire as President j
pro-tempore, Senator Thayer of In- j
diana as Secretary, Senator David |
Barry of Rhode Island as Sergeant-;
. i
at-Arms.
Senator Moses was elected by a '
vote of 42 to 39, Thayer 43 to 41, and |
Barry by a vote of 42 to 40.
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GREATEST HONORS
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GIVEN LINDBERGH
SOLEMN SESSION OF MEXICO
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES WAS
RARE EVENT
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MEXICO CITY, Dec. 16. {/P)—Col-j
onel Charles A. Lindbergh receivedj
the greatest honors Mexico’s Con
gress can pay any person, Mexican |
i
or foreigner, when the Chamber of j
Deputies went into a solemn session
to receive him.
Such a session is called rarely and
| for only the most important govern*
f ment officials. It had never before
been held for a private citizen.
The Deputies, however, by a for
mal vote, decided Colonel Lindbergh
was not a private citizen but “an
Ambassador of good will to the Mexi
can people” and therefore entitled
to receive the highest honors. The
President of the Chamber then pre
sented him with a gold medal.
AFTER MORE LAURELS
DETROIT, Dec. *16. (JP)—WjiUiam
Brock and Edward Schlee will leave
here for Miami, Fla., where they will
attempt to establish a new sustained
flight record. The present record
held by two Germans is 52 hours.
INTEREST AVIATION
AGAIN INTENSIFIED
NEW HOPS PLANNED
PROJECTED FLIGHTS NEW YORK
. Tp ROME AND BIG INTERNA.
TIONAL MEET
NEW YORK, Dec. 16. <£>)— Indica.
tions that Colonel Lindbergh’s flight
to Mexico City has intensified inter
est in, aviation is seen in proposals
for three cross-seas flights for exten
ion of commercial routes.
The proposals include plans for
two hops from New York to Rome,
and offering a prize of $25,000 for the
first aviator to make a non-stop
flight to Cairo, Egypt, and an inter
national air meet betwen the United
States, Canada, Mexico and the coast
al air service of each side of the
country.
Harry ^taggenheim, president of
the Danl^ Guggenheim Fund for
Promotion of Aeronautics, declared
air travel will soon be available at a
cost no, greater than that of the au
tomobile and said a air passenger
service will be inaugurated between
j Los Angeles and Fan Francisco with
I in a few months.
A THOROUGH TEST
| BERLIN, Dec. 16. (p*)—Mayo Bros.
| of Rochester, Minn., will give thor
| ough tests to gulkhorment new dia
betes treatment which has proven
unusually successful. They will pro
duce the medicine on a large scale if
I ,
| the tests are satisfactory.
STATE SENATE OF
IMPEACHMENT CASE
NEED TIME TO S-UMMON WIT
NESSES AND GIVE HOUSE
TIME PREPARE CASE
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 16. (£>)—
The State Senate, which convened to
I hear impeachment charges against
Governor Johnston, President Cordell
of the State Board of Agriculture
and Chief Justice Branson, adjourned
until December 28.
It stipulated, however, it could be
called into session at any time in the
interim by Senator Williamson, pre
siding officer. The adjournment was
taken to provide time for summoning
of witnesses and give the House
leaders an opportunity to prepare
their case as prosecuters.
CONTESS GETS DIVORCE
LONDON, Dec. 16. (IP)—Countess
of Gosford was granted a divorce
from her husband the Earl of Gosford
whom she married in June 1910.
Anchorage H. S. vs Seward H. S. Tonight