VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 262. SEWARD ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15,1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Queen Marie in Peril
As Chicago Communist
Mobs Rush Procession
BEARING INSULTING BANNERS AND CRYING
DOWN WITH BLOODY MARIE,” REDS MARCH
ON PROCESSION HEADED FOR CITY HALL—
RINGLEADERS ARRESTED AND JAILED—MOB
REORGANIZES THREATENS DESTRUCTION
' SKULLS CRACKED lENlii POLICEMEN GET BUSK
Queen and Princess Unperturbed While Demanstra
tors Surround City Hall, Demanding Release of Their
Comrades-Will Prolong Visit to Spend Some Time in
Florida.
CHICAGO, Nov. 15. (/P)—The first hostile demon
stration of the American tour of Queen Marie of Ru
mania occurred here when a throng of enraged Commun
ists marched on the royal procession to the city hall bear
ing banners with insulting references, and shouting:
‘‘Down with bloody Marie/’ and imprecations in the Ru
manian language.
The queen and Princess Ileana and other members of
the royal party were calm as the police charged the Com
munists, who were 300 strong, cracking many skulls and
> arresting the ringleaders. But for the quick action of the
police the royal party might have suffered at the hands
of the radical Rumanians in the throng.
Queen Marie was later received by
Mayor Dever while the ranks of the
^ Communists reformed and milled
about the outside of the city hall.
Some of them threatened destruction
unless the leaders were released.
Marie was feted at several recep
tions later in the evening, and later
announced her intention of prolong
ing her American trip to include a so
journ in Florida.
Queen Marie spent Armistice day
traveling from Denver to Kansas City,
where she joined in the country’s cele
bration of the day by greeting thous
ands who waited for her at cities en
route. In addition, she sent a radio
message to her husband in Rumania,
‘ FUG DEPORTATION
WOMAN LEAPS TO DEATH
NEW YORK, Nov. 15. (^—Fright
ened by the mistaken warning of hei
fellow passengers that because of the
illness of her three-year-old sister, her
family would be deported on arrival
at Ellis Island, Angelina Sapenza, 23
years old, retuning from a visit to
Italy, jumped to her death in the sea
/ as the ship bearing her to her home,
arrived here.
GARIBALDI CAUSING TROUBLE
PARIS, Nov. 15. (JP)—Investigation
of the activities of Ricciotti Garibaldi,
kinsman of the Italian liberator in
connection with the plot of the Cata
lans to invade Spain from French
Territory is assuming a grave charac
ter because of its possible effect on
Franco-Italian relations.
GIAN-f PLANE ARRIVES SAFE
; KANSAS CITY, Nov. 15. (£>)—'The
* giant three-motored passenger air
plane winging its way from Chicago
to Dallas, Texas, on a trial trip, ar
rived safely in this city. The flight
-vlas pronounced highly successful.
GONSUELO SAYS MOTHER
FORCED HER TO MARRY
ROME, Nov. 15. (/P)—It was said
here that Consuelo Vanderbilt and not
the Duke of Marlborough was plain
tiff in a suit for annulment of their
marriage by the Catholic tribunal and
that the grounds of the annulment
was based on a claim that Consuelo
was coerced into the marriage unwil
lingly by her mother.
STEAMER LANCASTER BURNS
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15. {&)—
Breaking into sudden fury when oak
um in the forward hold caught fire,
the steamer Lancaster burned furi
ously at midnight at her dock. Three
fire boats poured water into her holds.
A large cargo of oil on board was
threatened. The vessel is in the
yards of the JJnion Shipbuilding com
pany.
JOE IRVING DECEIRES
A. S. KERRY PEEVED
SEATTLE, Nov. 15. (/P)—Joseph
Irving of Everett, head of the anti
recall campaign, radioed last night:
“One of the important questions is
ten acres leased to the metropolitan
building company in the heart of Se
attle. It is whispered that A. S. Ker
ry wras promised when he entered the
Olympic hotel deal that the hotel
would bear 43 per cent of any increase
in taxes of the Metropolitan company.
Then an unfixable tax commission
surprised him by raising the taxable
lease $700,000.’*
NEW JAPANESE SUBMARINE
TOKIO, Nov. 14.—Japan’s largest
submarine, 1-22, was launched yes
terdey. It will be equipped with and
carry an airplane for scouting work.
HUM HUNIK SUBS
SUFFER CAPTURE
LAST OF THREE CRAFT ON LAKE
CHAMPLAIN CARRIED 5,000
BOTTLES OF ALE
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ST. ALBANS, Vt., Nov. 15. (/P)—
The Lake Champlain bootleggers are
using motorboats, automobiles and
airplanes again after the Canadian
authorities captured the last of their
three submarines. Collector of Cus
toms Whitehall said the financial loss
from the destruction of the underseas
craft will prevent further efforts along
this line. “There is no doubt, how
ever, that the submarines on Lake
Champlain proved their usefulness,” I
remarked Whitehall. The submarines !
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are 2S feet long and one was carry-1
ing 5,000 bottles of ale when taken. !
LOWERING TARIFF CAUSE
OF CHILBERC’S FAILURE
SEATTLE, Nov. 15. (£>)— J. E. Chil
berg advised friends that the reduc
tion in the price of palladium to $30
per ounce forced him to close the Salt
chuk mine near Ketchikan. Chilberg,
following the failure of the Seandin
avian-Ameriean bank, of which he was |
president, took over the Saltchuk
mine, which was originally a copper
property. A hasty survey showed that
there was three million dollars worth
of palladium in sight. The action of
Congress in placing palladium on the
free list is held responsible for Chil- j
berg’s failure. Large importations j
reached manufacturing'jewelers from;
Russia and the Balkans, causing the
price to drop.
TWELVE PRISONERS ESCAPE
CATTLESBURG, Ky., Nov. 12. (£>)
—The second big jail break in the na
tion within a week occurred as 12 pri
soners, including one murderer, es
caped from the Boyd county jail.
TRIED TO KILL WIFE
VICTIM OF OWN PLOT
NEW YORK, Nov. 15. (/P)—George i
Lupino died in Bellevue hospital, No
vember 11, the victim of an automo
bile plunge into East river which his
wife told police was part of a plot to
kill her so that George could collect
her insurance.
COLD WAVE IN STATES
NEW YORK, Nov. 15. (JP)—A cold
wave continued in varying degrees in
middle and the Northwest and along
Atlantic seaboard. New York tem
peratures are minimum 28, and maxi
mum 36.
AIRPLANE CHAMPIONSHIP
WON Of ITALIAN FLIER
NORFOLK, Nov. 15. (/P)—Major
Bernards, representing Italy, wrested
airplane honors of the world from
the United S byettsa ETAOINN
the United States by winning the
Schneider cup by the record speed of
246 miles an hour. Lieutenant Schilt,
American, was second with 231 miles
an hour. I
KILL AND BURN NEGROES
HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 15.
Seven unmasked men last niglit killed
three negroes and burned their bodies.
Two of them were in a cabin on a
ranch near Harris on tlie Fort Bend
county line, it is reported to the
sheriff.
FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLAR JEWEL ROBBERY
NEW YORK, Nov. 14.—Four hun
dred thousand dollars in jewelry was
stolen from the Eleventh street and
Fifth avenue residence of Myron C.
Taylor, banker, mentioned as the
probable successor to E. H. Gary as
head of the U. S. Steel corporation.
The gems were stolen on election
day, but the theft was kept secret
at the request of the Taylors. The
jewels, belonging to Mrs. Taylor,
were worn by her the evening before
at the opening night of the Metro
politan opera. They included a $175,
000 pearl necklace. Following the
return of the Taylors from the opera,
the gems were locked in a closet by
the maid. The thief or thieves gain
ed access to the boudoir and escaped
without detection.
Later Margaret McConnachin, aged
52 years, a pantry maid, was held as
a suspect in the robbery.
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BALDOCK TROUNCES LORENZO
NEW YORK, Nov. 15. (£>)—Teddy
Baldock, English featherweight, bat
tered Tommy Lorenzo of the East
Side through every one of six rounds,
flooring him twice and winning the
decision.
WILLIAM BARTON FRENCH
HELD FOR BAD CHECKS
NEW YORK, Nov. 15. (/P)—William
Barton French, son of Mrs. Seth Bar
ton French of New York and Paris,
and scion of a socially prominent
New York and Newport family, was
arrested on the ship at quarantine
and later arraigned in New York
courts charged with passing a worth
less check for $3,500 on the Cook
Tourist company. He said the charges
were unfounded and that he merely
failed to make proper arrangements
with his bank. He was released on
$5,000 bail, furnished by a Surety com
pany. Cook has wirelessed ahead for
the arrest.
GENEHAL MOTORS CUTS
BIG DIVIDEND
MELON
NEW YORK, Nov. 15. (£>)—Wall
Street bulls and shareholders of Gen
eral Motors were agreeably rewarded
by the directors of the Genaral Motor
Corporation meeting after the close
of the exchange, who cut a $34,000,000,
melon giving $4.00 a share cash extra
in addition to the regular $1.75 divi
dend. The action came on the heels
of a 50 per cent stock dividend in
September. The melon brought the to
tal dividends to shareholders this
year to $500,000,000. It is believed to
be the greatest bonanza to sharehold
ers of any industry of business in his
tory.
Let’s go to the Liberty!]
TALK OF WARFARE
BETWEEN ITALIANS
AND JUDO SLAVIA
SLAVS COMPLAIN SIX HUNDRED
THOUSAND NATIONALS SUB
JECTED TO OPPRESSION WHILE
RESIDING IN ITALY—RESENT
ARREST OF SERBIANS
BELGRADE, Nov. 15. (£>)— Jugo
Slavia and Italy were reported on the
verge, of war as a resut of Slav
charges of oppression of 600,000
Slavs in Italian territory and the ar
rest of Serbian members of the Ita
lian parliament.
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PIRATES BOARD IIP
ID STEAL $70,000
AMONG LOOT $50,000 IN BULLION;
$20,000 TAKEN FROM PAS
SENGERS ABOARD
TANGIER, Nov. 15. (JP)—A band of
26 pirates boarded the French steam
er Hanoi, near here, killing the guard
and escaping with $50,000 in gold
bullion and loot valued at 320,000
from passengers. ' * * ■ v'
TAXICAB USED IS BRAKE
FOR RUNAWAY CABLE CAR
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14.—Using
a taxicab as a brake, a cable car, out
of control, spread its passengers for
blocks on Powell street hill and was
brought to a stop after all of its pas
sengers, mostly screaming women,
had disembarked during the dizzy
ride down the hill. No one was in
jured.
FRANCE ENTERS PROTEST
PARIS, Nov. 15. (/P)—France of its
own accord has taken an active hand
in unearthing plots formed in this
country against existing regimes in
Italy and Spain. Yesterday France
officially protested to Italy against the
recent attack against the French con
sulate at Ventimigilia and other
Italian towns.
ITALY APOLOGIES TO FRANCE
ROME, Nov. 15. (/P)—Premier Mus
solini handed a formal written apolo
gy to the French envoy for attacks by
the Facisti on the French consulate
at Benghazi and other anti-French at
tacks. Reports from Paris state that
the French foreign office has accept
ed the apologies and declared the in
cident closed. A packed assembly in
the presence of Mussolini voted death
to the plotters against the life of the
premier and royalty and also ousted
from their seats all members of the
opposition.
PEACE ABOARD ROYAL TRAIN
DENVER, Nov. 15. (/P) —Peace
reigns on Queen Marie’s royal train
for the first time in several rc.ys.
Loie Fuller, the dancer, has quit the
royal party. # 'v