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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 257. SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23. 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
FISH COMMISSION
ENDORSE PROPOSAL
KETCHIKAN MEN
EXTENSION OF HALIBUT GLOS.
INO SEASON FAVORED AT
PRINCE RUPERT MEET
PRINCE RUPERT, Nov. 23. (JP)—
The International Fisheries Commis
«ion endorsed the .proposal of the Ket
chikan fishermen for the extension of
halibut closed season from November
3 to March 1. Local fishermen favor
ed the young halibut protection en
tailing the closing of Chicken banks,
off Massett Timber Island, and add
ing the use of the standard sized hook
■was proposed claiming (the smaller
type was more benefiting to fishing
conditions.
T. H. Johnson, manager of the Cana
dian Cold Storage Co., decried the de
pletion of the halibut fisheries plead
ing for means of conservation be
found.
William Thompson, fisheries scien
tist with the commission, lectured on
halibut, life and habits, stressing the
diminishing fishing volume.
SHOT III THE BUCK
BT FEDERAL MS
DECLARES SEMI
NEW YORK, Nov. 23. (/P>—Sena
tor Edwards, writing in ‘Plain Talk,”
asserts the number killed by prohi
bition agents must run ■■•into four fig
ures and charges that many of the
victims were shot in the back in cold
blood.
His statement tfollows six months
of research. He said the victims of
dry agents have been mostly poor
and innocent and claims Federal men
todate have slain 200 with 84 addi
tional killings by local agents.
•He further said that 25 percent of
the supposed efficient persons in
the prohibition department have been
discharged from other businesses for
all sorts of scoundlism.
WATSON SAILS NORTH
SEATTLE, Nov. 23. {&)—'The Ad
miral Watson, of the P. S. S. Co., sail
~ e<l at 10 o’clock this morning carry 45
passengers. The Seward reservations
are Mrs. Arnold, A. F. McGill, Miss
McLellan, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Ingyin
\ an,d baby, and one steerage.
WILL MAKE HER DEBUT
NEW YORK, Nov. 23. (/F)— Leon
ara Corona, young American soprano
from Dallas, Texas, will make her de
but at the Metropolitan Opera House
tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day, as Le
onora in “El Troviatore.”
THREE HORSES SMOTHER
TO DEATH TANANA FIRE
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TANANA, Nov. 23. (yip)—Early yes
terday, with the thermometer 27 be
low, the stable of Chris Able caught
fire and three large draft horses
smothered to death. The building was
saved but the loss is placed at $1,500.
No insurance was carried. Able had
been the general teamster here for
many years. Dogs are the only means
of general delivery now.
RUTH SNYDER. GRAY.
! LOSE JOINT APPEAL
I TO DIE IN JANUARY
WILL BE THIRD WOMAN EXECUT
ED NEW YORK STATE; DATE
SET WEEK JANUARY 9
ALBANY, Nov. 23. (£>)—Ruth Sny
der, blonde New York housewife and
mother, denied her guilt to the Jast,
and Henry Judd Gray, her mild man
nered paramour who told freely how
both had strangled and beat Ruth’s
half-sleeping husband to death, lost a
joint appeal from the sentence to the
death house at Sing Sing.
If Mrs. Snyder dies she will be the
third woman to be executed in New
York state. The execution will “pro
bably be” during the week of January
9.
ARRESTED FOR MURDERS
CHICAGO, Nov. 23. (/P)— Acting on
a clue obtained at the inquest into the
deaths of John J. Mitchell, Chicago
banker, and his wife, police have ar
rested Leo Mongven who was sought
by authorities for the murder of An
dree Anderson, 19 months ago.
Wll IK HANKOW
PRSTWLLY CHECKED;
MORE TROOPS LANDED
HANKOW. Nov. 23. (/P)—Violent
rioting,which broke out in Chinese
sections of Hankow during the re
treat of disorganized troops, was par
tially checked yesterday.
There was an influx of Chinese tn
! \
j to foreign sectors of the city but
fires, set by the looters, were most
I
ly all under control.
Nanking troops were expected to
occupy the city today. More barri
| cades have "been erected to protect
i foreign sectors from assault and Jap
f anese and French landed additional
!
PRINCE ENTERTAINED
BEVERLY HILLS, Nov. 23. (£>)—
Prince Wm. of Sweden wras enter
tained by Doug and Mary.
COOLIDGE ANNUAL
MESSAGE CONGRESS
ABOUT COMPLETED
WIDE RANGE OF PROBLEM8 ARE
EXPECTED TO BE DEALT
WITH IN DETAIL
j WASHINGTON, Nor. 23. (/P)—Ap
proaching the end of a laborious task
President Coolidge is about ready to
present his views on the needs of the
'dfliuniry in his annual message to Con*
1 gress. Corning at the time when a
j wide range of problems are pressing
for solution his message is being
awaited with more than ordinary spec
ulation particularly because of the
interest in what the President will re
commend regarding farm relief, flood
’control, developments, relations be
tween nations, resources and defenses.
That he desired to find an out for
the navy by building more submar
inees and cruisers; to provide ade
quately fot control of the Mississippi
river and corelated projects; build up
the merchant marine, dispose of the
Boulder Canyon proposal and Colum
bia river irrigation project, is konwn
but his message is expected to deal
with these subjects in detail and it re
mains to be disclosed what stand he
takes on the farm relief.
He made it plain he would like to
see expenditures for purely local pur
poses held to a mini-mum so there will
ibe effected, for further reducteion of
•the National debt, from the present
size which he regards as a menace to
the country’s credit.
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CHARTS, FOOD, INSTRUMENTS
£all OUT WHEN PLANE WAS
UPSIDE DOWN
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 23. (£>)—Capt.
Giles was forced back after traveling
500 miles to sea and landed near the
Hearst ranch at San Simeion, Calif.
His transpacific by plane went com
| pletely “haywire” when 500 miles at
| sea and went spinning into a rain
drenched air pocket. It finally turned
completely upside down scattering
| charts, foods, and instruments into the
ocean below.
J Giles said he then turned the plane
I right side up and made a wild guess
as to direction and sent her roaring
back to the mainland to make a per
fect and safe landing on the Hearst
ranch 50 miles from San Luis Obispo.
MILLS AIRPORT TO BL
INSPECTED BT COMPANY
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 23. (/P)—A
giant 12 passenger airplane will arrive
in San Francisco this afternoon to in
spect Mills airport as a possible land*
! ing place for the big planes which will
be placed in passenger service be
tween Los Angeles and San Francisco.
The Maddux air lines, operators of the
proposed line, now operate service be
tween San Diego and Los Angeles and
i
are planning wide extension of the ser
vice.
LEICESTER F. KENT
MADE ARCHDEACON
OF THE YUKON AREA
FIRST PARISH WAS AT CORDOVA
EPISCOPAL CHURCH; NEXT
TO BISHOP ROWE
CORDOVA, Nov. 23. (^—Leicester
P. Kent was appointed Archdeacon of
! the Jukon by Bishop Peter Trimble
Rowe. He will leave in the spring to
take up his w'ork of Archdeacon which
extends over an area of 6,000 miles by
dog team and 2,000 miles by boat.
! Reverend Kent graduated from Vir
jginia seminary in 1925. His first par
ish was at the Cordova Episcopal
church. His new positiion is next in
importance to that of Bishop of the
Territory.
HUSBAND WAS TOO GOOD
p BOSTON, Nov. 23. (/P)—Because
| her husband was too good Mrs. An
i na Ramsay ran away from him. The
| woman admitted as much when she
j was found hiding in the woods oi
| New Hampshire after having been
i missing since October 19.
ALLEGED PLOT IS
i
BEING INVESTIGATED
BY THE GOVERNMENT
I WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. (/P)—'The
I alleged plot against the United States
I government in South America by the
| Mexican government is being sub
jected to scrutiny of the government.
I In President Coolidge’s message to
Congress last January he declared he
had proof of Mexican meddling in
Nicarauguan affairs but the docu
ments were never produced.
It is indicated the government will
investigate the geauiness of the doc- j
uments now running in newspapers.
DENIES ASSASSINATION
PARIS, Nov. 23. (#)—‘The French
government officially denied the as
sassination of Leon Trotzky as had
been reported.
COOLIE BREAKS
SILENCE OF MONTHS
CRITICISES MOVE
DISPLEASURE INCURRED FOR
SPECIFIC ATTEMPT NOMt
NATE HIM CANDIDATE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. (/P)—In un
qualified iterma President Coolidg© let
It be known the first specific attempt
to force the Republican convention to
nominate him as a candidate next year
incurred his displeasure.
Breaking his silence of nearly four
months the-White House disclosed the
President’s views in sharp criticism of
the movement started by a Boston
broker who circularized the country in
a chain letter system in an endeavor
to build up a dominant demand for
Coolidge.
Unlike his statements of last August
when he neatly typed small plain
white slips of paper and handed to
correspondents personally by the
President, this announcement was ver
bal and without authority for direct
quotation.
FEDERAL COURTS CAN GRANT
PROBATION WHILE PERSON IS
SERVING SENTENCE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. (^—Coun
sel for Dr. Cook, explorer, argued in
the Supreme Court although the Gov
ernment now insists courts cannot
grant probation after a convicted per
son is serving sentence. It originally
objected to Cook’s probation because
he was granted a trial in a court in
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Texas and after the close of the term
was convicted.
Cook is serving a sentence of 14
years and nine months at Leaven
worth for using the mails to defraud.
Members of the court asked the de
fense whether it contended Federal
courts could grant probations anytime
while a person was serving sentence
The reply was in the affirmative.
DOCUMENTS ARE FORGERIES
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. (&)—The
Mexican Embassy charged the docu
ments appearing in the Hearst pa
pers as evidence of plbt in South.
America against the United States,
are forgeries.
STILL CHESS CHAMP
BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 23. (£>)—
Jose R. Capablanca scored his third
victory winning from Alex Alikhene.
HIGH
the
Basketball Games Tonight
And the girls teams wiD
again be in action