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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 139.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1927.
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JAPAN SUDDENLY INTERVENES
INSISTING WORLD INTEREST
BETTER SERVED
GENEVA, July 7. (JP)—Suddenly in
tervening in the Anglo-American dif
ficulty over cruiser tonnage Japan in
formally supported the American con
tention for limitation and insisted that
the world’s interest would be best
served by adhering to the original
minimum figures or 250,000 tons. The
unexpected declaration shook even
British self-control. After a moment
the British Lord of the Admiralty de
clared: “These figures are impossi
ble as a basis of discussion.*’ The
announcement may mean increasing
the chances of failure as the British
are doggedly determined to maintain
a powerful cruiser fleet.
CRISIS LOOMS
GENEVA, July 7. (JP)—A crisis was
reached in the tri-party naval confer
ence. Whether events will be pushed
‘ towards a rupture or treaty depends
upon Great Britain.
M. S. CKHS. BROWER IS
STRANDED ST. LAWRENCE
ISLAND. SENDS 5. D. 5.
DUTCH HARBOR, July 7. (/P)—
Picking up the S. O. S. of the motor
ship Charles Brower, the Coast Guard
cutter Algonquin is rushing to the aid
of the stranded vessel which reported
that she was gone aground east of the
cape on St. Lawrence Island and was
being pounded severely by a heavy
sea. The yacht Northern Light in
command of John Borden, Chicago mil
lionaire sportsman, is also speeding
to the assistance of the stranded ves
sel. The Brower left here Sunday for
Point Barrow.
BREST IMPROVEMENT
MURE IN LOCAL GOLF LINKS
Armed with a mowing machine em
ployed by Capt. Ralph Guthrie of the
Signal Corps, a truck, and a group of
Jesse Lee boys, supplied by Elwyn
Swetmann, a number of members of
the Seward Golf Club worked prac
tically all day yesterday in improving
the grounds. Among those participat
ing were W. E. Erwin, A. E. Rucker,
Asst. U. S. Dist. Atty. Ellis and Leon
Urbach. The mowing was done by
Charles Christensen, after which the
grass was raked and clay hauled and
used to perfect the greens. When the
work was finished the golf links took
on the appearance of a real course.
SEATTLE, July 7. (JP)—W. E. Keller
of Juneau was nominated Alaska direc
tor of the National Educational As
sociation at a convention. The nomi
nation is equivalent to election.
DECLINES APPOINTMENT
NEW YORK, July 7. (flP)—Dr. S.
Gresham Mechen. of Princeton Theo
logical Seminary, declined the ap
pointment as President of Bryan
Memorial University; saying that he
must stay at Princeton to fight the
Modernist movement.
MUM DISCOVERY -
MADE BY CAPT. 0. A.
JOHANSEN, BALLAINE
POPULAR SKIPPER OF STEAMER
STARR PREDICTS PORT OF
SEWARD LARGEST ALASKA
Capt. O. A. Johansen, master of the
steamer Starr, which runs from Sew
ard to the Westward, was today dis
cussing old times in Southern Alaska
with John E. Ballaine, founder of Sew
ard, originator and builder of the Alas
ka Central and daddy of the Alaska
government Railroad from Seward to
Fairbanks over the Alaska Central
survey, when they made a discovery
that was more than mutually interest
ing.
Their discovery was that they both
had a hand in laying the first founda
tions of Seward and the Alaska Cen
tral in 1902. Mr. Ballaine had organ
ized the company in April of that year,
and in June following, as general
manager of the Alaska Central, he
sent the railroad’s first survey party
to Resurrection Bay in charge of
John G. Scurry. The survey party
i came from Seattle on the old Alaska
Commercial tseamer Bertha, and Cap
' tain Johansen was master of the Ber
tha on that trip. He brought the
Bertha into Resurrection Bay, then un
der special arrangements with Mr.
Ballaine at Seattle, for this was not a
port of call in those days. Only the
Lowell family lived here in that pio
5 neer time.
“I must say that the starting of a
railroad from this place looked vis
ionary to me and everybody else in
Alaska at that time,” said Captain Jo
hansen to The Gateway, “especially
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COOLIES ATTEND
CHURCH SERVICES IN
SOUTH DAKOTA TOWN
HERMOSA, S. D., July 7. (Jp)—
| President Coolidge slipped a $5.00 in
S the collection plate at church ser
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■ vices here Sunday. The President
and Mrs. Coolidge occupied kitchen
chairs which were reserved for them
in the third pew. The “Cowboy Ten
or" of the village choir, sang with
apparent confidence. Mrs. Coolidge’s
voice was plainly heard, joining in
the hymns.
The S. S. Yukon was due to arrive
at Cordova at noon today, and accord
ing to the local report, will arrive in
Seward Saturday morning.
DRYADIVEINISTRATOR
USED THIRD DEGREE:
IS RELIEVED OF JOB
SHAKEUP IN PROHIBITION CIR
CLES RESULTS FROM THIRD
DEGREE METHODS
WASHINGTON, July 7. (IP)—Major
Chester P. Mills has been relieved as
prohibition administrator of New
York and his assistant, August Heise,
has been suspended after having ad
mitted using “third degree” methods
to obtain testimony from prisoners.
Major Mills will be made zone super
visor of the Eastern States, the terri
tory to be determined later. Heise
will be permanently removed if he is
convicted at his hearing. The shake
up followed admission by the officers
that Heise had used “Chinese meth
ods” to obtain information from pris
oners. It took the new prohibition
agent, Seymour Lowman, and his
commissioner, J. M. Doran, only one
day to act. Their orders will be ef
fective Friday.
CLOUDBURST HITS
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HEAVY FINANCIAL LOSS SUS
TAINED ARLINGTON; BUILD
INGS WRECKED
PORTLAND, July 7. (/P)—Two
| cloudbursts, striking yesterday ,at
two widely separated towns in Eastern
Oregon, caused hundreds of thousands
of dollars damages.
1 One cloudburst struck at Arling
ton, sending a torrent of water
through the town and washing part
of a hotel into the Columbia River.
Buildings were pushed off their foun.
; dations, two residences were totally
i wrecked, and automobiles were
i
! washed away. The town is com
pletely covered with slimy mud.
The other cloudburst sent a roar
ing cataract through Weston ,and
wrecked a department store, split
ing it in two parts, and destroying
several thousands dollars worth of
drygoods.
EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS
FROM B090SL0F ISLAND
Two distinct earthquake shocks of
sufficient severity as to startle a num
ber* of people were felt at 4:58 yester
|day afternoon, preceded by a rumbling
i and a general west and east move
| ment, indicating that the centre of dis
turbance was somewhere in the Aleu
tian chain or the Alaska Peninsula.
jThe disturbance is thought to have
been occasioned by the threatening
attitude of Bogoslof Island, reported
to be smoking strongly by the John
| Borden yatching party two days ago.
WANT IMI GRATE TO HAWAII
MANILA, July 7. (/P)—The project
of 800 native laborers of the Philli
ippines to raise funds among them
selves to charter a ship which will
take them to Hawaii, is receiving
official discouragement.
PICKPOCKET IS KNOCKED
DOWN BT DUSKY VICTIM
OAKLAND, July 7. (JP)—A pick
pocket picked on the wrong man
| here today when he extracted $30
from the pocket of John A. Daney,
of Vallejo. Daney discovered the
theft as the other was leaving, and
knocked him down with a blow to
the jaw. The thief got up and ran
but was captured after a short chase.
He gave the name of Thomas Bates.
CHAMBERLIN FLYING
LONDON TOMORROW;
TAKING NEW PILOT
LEVINE AND CHAMBERLIN SPLIT
ACCORDING TO REPORT FROM
FRIENDS
PARIS, July 7. (JP)—Clarence Cham
berlin will fly the monoplane Columbia
to London tomorrow with an unnamed
French pilot who will attempt a re
turn flight across the Atlantic with
! Levine. He will show the new pilot
the controls and everything he needs
to know about the peculiarities of the
plane as well as give him the full
benefit of the experience gained on
the flight to Paris. He wall leave
the plane in London and it will be re
turned to France by a French pilot,
i while Chamberlin will sail from South
jampton Tuesday on the Leviatkhan. It
I is believed the pilot who will take the
| Columbia back to America will be
j either Georges Pelletier of Doisy to
| Tokio fame or Lieutenant Paul Tras
con, who originally planned the trip
across with the ill-fated Captain Coli.
Chamberlin declined to comment on
rumors that there had been a break
between himself and Levine. “I
; would be perfectly willing to take the
| pl^ne home, but I long ago made en
i gagements that make it impossible,”
1 said Chamberlin.
i
Friends hinted that all is not too
* smooth between the two men and inti
mated that Chamberlin felt that Le
vine without sufficient experience in
aviation had undertaken too much in
the direction of the flight especially in
|the round of visits of European cities.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 5, Chicago 8.
Boston 4, Philadelphia 5.
St. Louis 2, Pittsburg 14.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 6, New York 7.
Detroit 8, St. Louis 17.
Philadelphia 5, Boston 6.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Los Angeles 6, Hollywood 10.
TiMTENS PARLEY
ALLIANCE WITH GREAT BRITAIN
SIMILAR TO POLICY WITH
CHINA AND RUSSIA
GENEVA, July 7. (&)—In what is
regarded as a vital step, threatening
the life of the Geneva Arms Confer
ence, the Japanese delegates received
from their home office permission to
take a stand in support of Great
Britain demands for the discussion
of reduction in size of Capital ships.
The United States has been oppos
ed to such, few claiming that Wash
ington agreement completely rids
this class of ships from the disarma
ment discussion.
It is understood that the Japanese
alliance with Great Britain, in this
instance, is not alone limited to the
Geneva Arms Conference, but will
include similar policies in China and
Russia. Great Britain, in return, wifi
support Japan’s claims for parino of
cruisers strength with the United
States, while England maintains pro
penderous of light cruisers as at
I
present.
When apprised of the Japanese
i decision, members of the American
i delegation expressed surprise. They
' said that while the United States
! would listen to any proposal, the
l American delegates were determined
to stand pat on the Washington
treaty terms of which clearly elimi
nated any further discussion on cap
ital ships until 1931.
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II. OF II. CUM
RECONSIDER STAVING
ASSOCIATED STUDENT BODY RE
FUSES TO RELEASE HIM FROM
CONTRACT
HAVANA, Cuba, July 7. (/P)—Row
ing Coach Russell Callow said he
j would become coach at the University
jof Pennsylvania if he could do eo
; without stigma being cast upon his
loyalty to Washington. “I really can
| not say what I will do until I am sure
; of the attitude of the Washington
| boys.”
WANT HIM TO REMAIN
SEATTLE, July 7. (JP)—The associ
ated students board of control decided
to make an effort to get Callow to re
consider his resignation after refusing
to release him from his contract.
HAS NARROW ESCAPE
Uus Borgen, driving the P. C. Mc
Mullen delivery auto last evening,
had a narrow secape from a serious
injury and perhaps death when he
struck the rear step of the trailer
of the new Brill car, making its ini.
tial trip to Seward last evening, at
the crossing at Mile 3 1-2. A wheel
was knocked off the auto and other
damage sustained. ,