COAST TERMINAL FOR THE ALASKA RA
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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 52. SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1927. PRICE TEN CENTS
Death Fills Streets
Shanghai; Screams
Of Populace Terrible
PUS, WILL MAKE
SJINSON PLANES ARE RECHRIST
r ENED “NEWS NO. 1” AND
“NEWS NO. 2’>
FAIRBANKS, March 22. (/P)—'The
Detroit News-Wilkins expedition de
parture for Point Barrow was delayed
until the last of the week. The two
ftinson planes have been rechristened
Detroit News No. 1” and “Detroit
News No. 2.” They made a final test
this afternoon. The flight to Point
Barrow will be made in one hop. The
Detroit No. 1 will then make a flight
of approximately^ 600 miles into /the
Arctic. The Alaskan will later at
tempt to penetrate the polar region
to an even greater distance.
ps. snyoer' and gray
REPUTE CONFESSIONS
NEW YORK, March 22. (^—Repu
diating signed confessions that they
murdered Albert Snyder in a love and
insurance plot, Mrs. Ruth Snyder and
Henry Gray pleaded not guilty and
were held without bail for the grand
ANNUAL MEETING OF GRAND IG
LOO ENDS—G. LOVE IS RE
ELECTED SECRETARY
fUNEAU, March 22. (JP)—Conclud
ing its four days sessions yesterday
fh£ grand igloo of Pioneers of Alaska
adjourned to meet in Ketchikan March
16, next year. The grand officers
elected are: H. R. Shepard, Juneau,
president; George Love, Valdez, sec
retary; Percy G. Charles, Ketchikan,
Thomas Gaffney, Nome, vice-presi
dents;' Charles N. Schlosser, Ketchi
kan, treasurer; Gertrude Laughlin,
Juneau, chaplain; Rev. A. P. Kashive
roff, Juneau, historian; Thomas Jen
sen, Nome, sergeant-at-arms; Eric
Foi^>s, Ketchikan, Cal Brosius, Seward,
Aimer Rydeen, Nome, Forest Hunt,
Ketchikan, H. H. Ross, Fairbanks,
trustees.
( A resolution was adopted making
$35 the pension for pioneers over 65
years of age, who have been in the
Territory 20 years.
FRENZIED WAVES OF CHINESE SURROUND IN
TERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT WHICH IS VER
ITABLE ISLAND OF SAFETY PROTECTED BY A
STEEL RING OF ARMED FORCES
SOLDIERS AND CRIMINALS SEVER FINGERS FOR JEWELS
WOMEN AND CHILDREN AFRAID TO REMAIN IN
DOORS ROAM STREETS UNCLAD, HAVING
BEEN STRIPPED BY SOLDIERS SEARCHING FOR
LOOT—SHANGHAI MERELY UNDERGOING EX
PERIENCE SCORES OF OTHER TOWNS
SHANGHAI, March 22. (/P)—Surrounded by fren
zied waves of Chinese fighting, rapine, looting and incen
diarism, the international settlement, protected by a steel
ring of armed forces, is a veritable island of safety while
the native sections are flaming with uncombatted fires
and utterly given over to noting, plundering and blood
shed in which both the victorious and the defeated troops
participated. The foreign defenders are repelling re
peated attempts at invasions by the Cantonese. White
Russians manned an armored train which is running back
and forth on the railway belching artillery fire indiscrim
mately.
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1 The general strike completely car
ried in the native city and is growing
in the foreign settlement. The streets
of Chapei, a quarter bordering the in
ternational section, are filled with
dead. Mobs of soldiers and criminals
are looting everything. Women’s
fingers are severed to obtained rings.
The robbers have difficulty in escap
ing with loot as entering marauders
attack them. Sometimes loot-laden
soldiers are protected by comrades
with machine guns who open a way
down the streets by firing into mobs.
Nothing is heard but shots and
screams of women and children. Many
women are afraid to remain indoors
and are roaming the streets unclad,
having been stripped by soldiers in
a1 wild hunt for loot. Despite all this,
it is declared that Chapei is merely
undergoing the experience that scores
of other Chinese towns had during
the present civil warfare.
EVACUATING WOMEN, CHILDREN
SHANGHAI, March 22. (£>)—'The
evacuation of all foreign women and
children from Nanking began at day
light Tuesday because of the close
approach of the fighting between the
Nationalists and Northerners. The
United States destroyer Preston left
Eusu and is proceeding to Nanking,
where the destroyer Noa is already
standing by. The Noa and the British
iestroyer Emerald landed guards for
the American and British consulates.
PIRATES RAID STEAMER
HONGKONG, March 22. (£>)—'The
[ndo-China Navigation company’s
steamer Hopiang, en route from
Shanghai was pirated at Bias bay,
lear here. The vessel was looted and
hen fired.
BATTLESHIPS STAND
BK PREPARED TAKE
CHINESE EMPLOYES TAKE OVER
FACTORY; BODY OF U. S.
MARINE FOUND
* SHANGHAI. March 22. (&)—The
body of Sergeant James B. Montague,
an American Marine, was found in
the Whang Poo River and police ex
pressed the opinion that he had been
slain. He had been in the Service
for many years, was a native of
Virginia and arrived with the forces
sent from San Diago on the Trans
port Chaumont.
A British cigarette company’s fac
tory in Hankow, worth several mil
lions of dollars was taken over by
the Chinese employes after their
strike and a committee has been
chosen to supervise the operations
which have been renewed on com
munistic principles.
America^, British and Japanese
battleships at Nanking are preparing
to take foreigners off in case of nec
essity and Consul General Gauss has
urged Americans not to wait for an
actual emergency, but to board the
vessels while they are in safety.
A bitter fight in the ranks of the
Fuo Ming Tung, the Cantonese re
publican party, is continuing, while
military leaders are squabbling over
powers within the ranks. This dis
sent ion is said to be beyond control i
and is affecting the military strength ]
of the Cantonese armies. 1
^IFTY-EIGHT STRICKEN ON CHA
*' TEAU THIERRY—SPEEDING TO
SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, March 22. (/P)—
Army headquarters are informed that
58 persons are ill from influenza and
four died aboard the transport Char
teau Thierry en route to San Francis
co from New York. The vessel is due
Friday but speeding up may arrive
ahead of schedule. The transport car
ries a number of officers, their fami
lies and 578 enlisted men, of whom
490 are destined for Hawaii as re
placement troops.
KING ALEXANDER SUPERVISING
MOBILIZATION FASCIST PAP
ER REPORTS
ROME, March 22. (/P)—A Facist
newspaper here publishes the sensa
tional statement that Jugoslavia is
making war-like preparations toward
Italy the paper says "what amounts
to a mobilization is going on along
the border and that King Alexander
is supervising the movements. There
has been considerable discussion of
Italy’s move to'ward forming a pro
tectorate in Albania and Jugoslavia
declars that she would have to pre
vent this by force if necessary.
THREATENS EMBROIL EUROPE
VIENNA, March 22. (^—Uncon
firmed reports continue to arrive from
Tirana alleging that Jugoslavia is in
citing the irresponsible elements of
Albania to revolt. The Albanian ar
mies are lining up along the northern
frontier to meet possible military ag
gression, with Italy preparong to aid
Albania. The new overnight disturb
ance ni the turbulent Bankans threat
ens to embroil all Europe.
DE PINEDO AND U. S.
AIRMEN PORT NATAL
BOTH EXPEDITIONS TO HEAD
NORTHWARD TOMORROW FOR
THE UNITED STATES
PARA, Brazil, March 22. (A5)—De
Pinedo completed an 850-mile hop
from Manos, ending his flight over
Brazilian jungles.
The St. Louis and San Francisco
of the American good will flight ar
rived from Port Natal, 1,100 miles
away. Both expeditions head north
ward ifcowaTd the United States over
different routes. De Pinedo starts to
morrow for Georgetown, British
Guinea. When the San Antonio ar
rives the Americans will depart.
HALTED WITH HOSE
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(THIRTY INJURED, SEVERAL SE
RIOUSLY-ATTEMPTED BREAK
UP FRESHMAN DINNER
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| ANAPOLIS, March 22 .(/P)—A high
pressure hose halted a riot of nearly
1400 Johns Hopkins university students
j in the shadow of the Maryland state
| house after the police had fired on the
rioters and appeal had been made to
the Governor for the National Guard.
I Thirty students were injured, several
; seriously. The damage is estimated
at $3,000, done to the National Guard
armory, where an attacking force of
bombers attempted to break up the
annual freshman class dinner. Nine
students were arrested on a charge of
; entering and destroying State prop
erty, malicious mischief and inciting
| riot.
The police, after vainly attempting
to halt the riot by shooting over the
1 heads of the students, entered the fray
| with night sticks, only serving to in
| tensify the fight. The entire fire de
partment then responded to a riot
! call and dispersed the students after
a sharp struggle.
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BROWNING WINS
SEPARATION SUIT
AGAINST 'PEACHES'
WEALTHY REALTOR GIVEN DE
CISION IN NEW YORK SU
PREME COURT
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CARMEL, N. Y., March 22. (JP)—
I Edward West Browning, wealthy New
York realtor, won his separation suit
against “Peaches” in a decision of the
Supreme court. Justice A. H. F. See
ger granted the verdict on the ground
of abandonment, Browning^ first
cause of cruelty being dismissed. Jus
tice Seeger said there was no evidence
to sustain “Peaches’ ” charges against
Browning and dismissed her suit.
EARL CAROL GETS YEAR
WASHINGTON, March 22. (JP)—
Earl Carol!, theatrical manager, must
serve year and day in penitentiary for
perjury as outgrowth of his famous ’
bath tub party. The supreme court
refuses to review the case.
FLOOD ESTATE ACTION STARTS
REDWOOD, CITY, Calif., March
22. (JP)—The long awaited legal ac
tion of Mrs. Constance May Gavin,
to establish her alleged rights to the
Flood estate, which is said to be
worth more than $20,000,000 was be
gun here yesterday.
ARTIST IS SUICIDE
BOSTON, March 22. (£>)—Elizabeth
Wentworth Roberts, a 44 year old
artist, eluded two nurses ,who were
attending her during an illness and
hanged herself by leaping over a
banister, after tying a rope around
her neck. ;