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VOLUME XXII, NUMBER 211
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER, 29,1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Salmon Pack Millions
Cases Short Declares
Commissioner O'Malley
HENRY O’MALLEY, EXPERTS AND SALMON
MEN ENTIRELY AT LOSS TO ACCOUNT FOR
STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE OF SALMON
SHOULD HAVE BEEN PLENTY FISH THIS SEASON
—EVERY REASON TO PRESUME 1928 AND LATER
YEARS FISH WILL CONTINUE MAKE APPEAR
ANCE ON FISHING GROUNDS.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29. (/P)—For reasons as yet a
mystery to the fishing industry and to government ex
perts the salmon catch on the Pacific coast this year has
been reduced to about 50 per cent of the normal. Henry
O’Malley, Commissioner of Fisheries, estimated the Alas
ka catch has been cut £o three and a half million cases and
on Puget Sound it has been reduced to 675,000. In Brit
ish Columbia the catch amounted to 375,000 cases or about
half of last year’s pack.
TERRIFIC RAINS AND
WIND STORMS KILLS
SEVEN, ST, LOUIS
HOUSES UNROOFED; SCHOOL
COLLAPSES KILLING NUMBER
PUPILS
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 29. (£>)—At least
seven persons were killed in a terrif
ic rain and wind storm which struck
shortly after noon. The 80 mile an
hour wind caused heavy damage, un
roofed houses and caving in walls;
many trees "were unrooted and all
communication interrupted. The corn
er of the Central high school collap
sed the pupils and teachers immedi
ately taking shelter in a nearby thea
tre. It is reported several were killed
when the school house collapsed.
ARKANSAS TORNADO
RUBY, Ark., Sept. 29. (JP)—Ten per
sons were injured and one, probably
fatally, when a tornado cut a path
through the village leaving only ten
buildings intact^
TELEPHONE SERVICE
AMERICA. MEXICO
IS INAUGURATED
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29. (^—Ex
traordinary advancement in communi
cataion between Nations has been' one
of conspicious accomplishments of the
present age. President Coolidge told
President Calles of Mexico during a
conversation which inaugurated the
telephone service between Washing
ton and Mexico City.
Speaking through the transmitter
before a distinguished gathering Presi
dent Cooldige expressed the view to
the Mexican executive that these new
facilities would promote "a better un
derstanding between the peoples of
our countries.”
' WERE PLENTIFUL IN 1925
“We are entirely at a loss fco know
why salmon failed to put in an ap
pearance on the fishing grounds this
season.” stated. Mr. O’Malley. “The
pink salmon variety, which is the fish
which lives through a two year cycle
in salt water, was plentiful on the
spawning beds in 1925 which should
have brought the schools back into
the fresh water streams of Alaska.
There should have been large numbers
this year but for unknown reasons the
fish has been killed off or for some
other reason have failed to appear.
SUBMARINE EARTHQUAKE
“All sorts of stories have been cir
culated to account for the disappear
ance and among them is one attribut
i ing the death of fish at sea by sub
marine earthquake disturbances. We
have no record that government reg
ulations which have been adopted in
Alaska in rcent years for protecting
the fisheries have anything to do with
the matter. In spite of the disappear
ance of the fish this year there is
every reason to presume salmon in
1928 and later years will continue to
make their appearance on the fishing
grounds at the outset of the spawn
ing season.”
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TO THE PUBLIC
52 Notwithstanding false rumors to
5the contrary, parties taken out by
j-jjjthe yacht Westward this fall have
Sbeen well satisfied and have
Ebrought home the game Unfor
tunately, misrepresentations on the
jSpart of our competitors have caus
Eed one party booked for the West
Sfjward, to give up their hunt and
2 leave Alaska disgusted. We are
Every much surprised to find an or
jjjjganization of Alaska business men
2so short-sighted in their methods.
E Surely it is a poor business which
Ehas to be supported by knocking
2the other fellow. Alaska.is a big
E country and there is room for us
Eall; so lets pull together.
Captain ROE DYKEMAN
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ALLEGED CATHOLIC
FANATICS AHE SHOT;
MEXICAN BATTLES
TWO BRISK COMBATS WITH FED
ERAL TROOPS IN STATE' OF
JALISCO
MEXICO * CITY, Sept. 29. (/P)—
Thirty-four rebellious "Catholic Fana
tics" were killed and a Catholic priest
was captured. After a summary court
martial they were executed. The
capture was made following two brisk
combats with Federal troops in the
State of Jalisco, says a bulletin, issued
by the Presidental Bureau.
One corporal and two soldiers were
killed and one officer and nine sol
diersl wounded in the first fight which
took place at Losmetz Quites where
38 rebels, headed by Habano and with
another chieftan named Placenoia, en
trenched. The fight lasted four hours.
Fourteen rebels were killed and two
captured. The second engagement
lasted three hours resulting in 18 dead
and many wounded.
WINS EXECUTION CASE.
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CHICAGO, Sept. 29. (JP)—Edwin
Hedrick, a former assistant prosecut
ing attorney of Peoria county, has tak
en the stump against capital punish
ment. He says he became disillu
sioned about the death penalty after
prosecuting successfully his first
hanging case, for which he waited 12
years. Hedrick was one of the coun
sel for William D. Shepherd, who w^as
acquitted on charges of complicity in
the death of his millionaire ward.
WATSON NORTHBOUND
SEATTLE, Sept. 29. (£>)—'The S. S.
Admiral Watson, of the P. S. S. Co.,'
| sailed at 10 g’clock yesterday morning
■with 24 passengers. Alma Ford and
one steerage passenger are booked to
Seward.
BODY OF AVIATOR
WOT SEEN IN
SEA, NEWFOUNDLAND
OCEAN SWELL PREVENTED TWO
MEN FROM RECOVERING
BODY; HAD ON HELMET
HARBOR GRACE, Eept. 29. (£>)—
The reported body of a man. with a
helmet on his head, similar to those
worn by aviators, was seen floating
between Belle Island, in Conception
Bay, and this town.
The story told here was that two
men reported that while going from
the mainland to Belie Island in a mo
tor boat they saw the body and tried
to recove? it with a boat hook but the
heavy ocean swell prevented this
This rumor immediately started spec
ulation among residents as to -whether
the body was one of the lost airmen.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington, 2-6; Boston, 1-4.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York, 5; Philadelphia, 4.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Seattle, 10; Hollywood, 3.
Portland, 2;[ Mission, 0.
San Francisco, 6; Oakland, 1.
Los Angeles, 3; Sacramento, 13.
! fie ATLANTIC IN
1920 SAYS FONGK
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HAS AMPLE FINANCIAL BACKING
SIX PLANES; ROUTE IS DES
CRIBED
NEW YORK, Sept .29. (JP)—A regu
lar passenger and mail service by air
between America and Europe will be
a routine reality next spring if hte
plans of Capt. Rene Fonck material
ize. The French ace says he has un
limited financial backing in both
this country and France for the pro
ject which will put six planes into
commercial cross seas service.
The company will obtain added rev
enue from mail contracts for which he
is negotiating with the American gov
ernment. The planes would fly be
tween New York and Paris, following
a southerly route, with a stop at the
Azores and Northern Islands with
Stops at Newfoundland and Ireland^
ARMENIANS ARE HELD
NEW YORK, Sept. 29. (/?)—Twenty
eight Armenians, in the employ of the
American Near East Relief, are held
before the Russian Soviet authorities
for questioning concerning revolution
ary movements or propaganda.
POPCORN POPS ON STALK
SAN ANGELO, Tex., Sept. 29. (&)—
The weather here has been so hot that
farmers in west Texas complained
that it popped their popcorn growing
in the fields. S. A. Stowe of near
Olney brought in several ears of corn,
half-popped, from his fields. Other
farmers told of the same condition.
“To Sweep the Cobwebs Out Of The Sky"
IF ANYBODY
CAN DO IT,
YOU CAN
i'll go out and
CLEAN UP THE AIR
A LITTLE AND
maybe iVE CAN
GET SOME
\TIS FACTION OUT
OF THIS SET
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