FINAL PORT OF CALL FOR THREE
STEAMSHIP COMPANIES
HEADQUARTERS U. & SIGNAL CORPS
COMMUNICATION FACILITIES I N
ALASKA PROPER
COAST TERMINAL FOR THE ALASKA
RAILROAD
WATERS CONTINUE TO RISE;
TRANSPORTATION HINDERED
BY LACK OF LAUNCHES
MEMPHIS. Tenn., April 23. (JP)—
Witli the death toll known to be more
than 50 in the Mississippi flood the
lives of a hundred refugees, crowded
in houses which threatened to give
way are endangered at Greenville,
Miss., as the waters continued to rise.
Red Cross officials said the homeless
could not be moved to the river front
for transportation to other cities be
cause of lack of launches with which
to transport them through the flooded
streets. Fifteen hundred refugees
were taken off the levee by the steam
boat Tollinger, while the Minnesota is
standing by to take off other people
clinging to housetops, trees and the
levees awaiting rescue.
RESIDENTS OF SEWARD AMONG
THOSE RETURNING ON A. S. S.
CO. LINER
SEATTLE, April 23. (/P»—'The S. S.
Northwestern sailed at 9 o’clock this
morning and carried 279 passengers.
Seward passengers: Roy Conlen,
Earl J. Gabrielson. S. Bragaw, B. Wigg,
John Buckley, Mrs. A. McIntyre, M. A.
Horner, Eva Lint, H. Leonard, Mrs.
D. V. Chassela, Mrs. R. W. Keith, Mrs.
A. M. Jones, C. M. Burroughs and
wife, J. L. Monia and wife, Dave Mur
phy, Harold Vailey, Carl Townsend,
Mrs. M. B. Dallas, James Anderson,
A. E. Lathrop, George B. Parvis and
wife, Mrs. F. Ciarran, V. L. Grundy,
E. G. Kunkel, Mrs. Ana Brown, E. Pat_
terson, Mrs. G. Myers, Howard Cre
peau and son, Mrs. E. Dorman, R.
Wicklund, G. X. Seannon, D. M. Long,
A1 Sutherland. Hugo Johnson, Hans
Hess, A. C. Shaw, Chas. Ceis, Mrs. C.
Damars and 25 steerage.
WINS $10,000 PRIZE
NEW YORK, April 23. (/P)—Royal- •
ties on her previous novels may be
large, but they will not prevent Miss
Mazo de la Roche from being excited
by the award made to her today of
$10,000 for her most recent novel,
“Jalna,” which was chosen t. At
lantic Monthly as the most im . ^ ting
novel written last vc->r. Nearly 1,100
■manuscripts were .bmitted to the1
contest judges.
SCHOOL BILL PASSES
JUNEAU, April 23. (/P)—The Sen
propriating $20,000 to construct a
yesterday passed the measure ap
school house at the Jesse Lee
Home,, near Seward.
Four other defnoants re.
CEIVE LESSER SENTENCES;
ADMITTED GUILT
ROME, April 23. <£>)—Tito Zanboni,
former Deputy and one of Italy’s most
valorous soldiers, and General Lugui
Capello must serve 30 years imprison
ment for attempting to assassinate
Mussolini in 1925 and torment rebel
lion against the Facisti State. Four
other defendants received lesser sen
tences. Zaniboni was arrested in a
room overlooking the Chigi palace
in Rome, from a balcony of which
Mussolini was to deliver an address.
A prisoner, Dr. Shed, in the uniform
of his rank as major, had a rifle with
a globe sight. He admitted on the
stand that “I alone am guilty.”
FUG DESIGNED BY
SEWARD LAD TO BE
EMBLEM OF ALASKA
BENNIE BENSON'S ORIGINAL DE
SIGN WILL B E OFFICIAL
EMBLEM
JUNEAU, .April 23. (/P)—The flag
designed by Benny Benson, the 13
year-old seventh grade student of Sew
ard will be adopted as the official
emblem of Alaska under a measure
before the House. Another bill would
authorize the appropriation of $1,000
to send Benny to Washington to pre
sent the flag to President Coolidge.
BALLET STAR AT 52
MOSCOW, Russia, April 23. (iQ3)—
Russia’s premier ballerina is a 52-year
old woman who dances, the critics
say, like a girl of 20. She is Mme.
Katherine V. Geltzer, famed in Euro
pean dramatic circles for her panto
mime.
WOULD SCHOOL MEN TO
TINE CURE OF BUSIES
RALEIGH. N. C.. April 23. (^—Col
lege courses for men in baby tending
and dish washing “will eut down the
naf^rt’s divorce toll.”
.i. S. McKimmon, head of
Xo rth Ca. • • • • oa a hois; d emori s tration
c-orp, is the . man who suggests this
to educations curriculi.
COLONEL STEESE
EXPLAINS STATUS OF
LIEU PROJECT
SEWARD MUST FIRST PRODUCE
ITS SHARE BEFORE GOVERN
MENT WILL ACT
According to advices received by
Col. J. G. Steese, District Engineer
for Alaska, it will be necessary for
Seward to raise the sum of $25,000
i
as its share of the cost of improve
ment of Lowell creek before the Fed-1
eral government can proceed with the i
work calling for an expenditure of!
$125,000 as the government’s sttare.
The following letter, received by
Mayor L. V. Ray from Colonel Steese,!
thus briefly explains the status of the
project:
juueau, AinsKa, April 10, xvzt. i
Hon. L. V. Ray,
Mayor of Seward,
Seward, Alaska:
My Dear Mr. Ray—I have now re
ceived a copy of the act of Congress
approved February 9, 1927, and am
quoting it lor your information, as
follows:
“Resolved by the iSenate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Con
gress assembled, That the Secre- '
tary of War is authorized to ex- 1
pend not to exceed $125,000 out of
any moneys hereafter appropri
ated for such purpose for the reg_
ulation of Lowell creek, Alaska,
for the protection of the buildings,
terminal grounds, and so forth,
of the Alaska Engineering Com
mission and the Alaska Railroad
Commission, the Department of
Justice, the United States Signal
Corps, and other Federal property
within or adjacent to the town of
Seward. Alaska, from damage due
to floods and overflows of said
Lowell creek: Provided, That
$25,000 of the above amount shall
be contributed and paid in by the
town of Seward or other local in
terests to be benefited by the pro
posed improvement, before said
work is commenced.”
A formal agreement is not necessary
at this time but in order to clear my
estimates to Congress I must have an
authoritative statement from the
town of Seward or other local inter
ests that require the act, and by whom
the contribution will be made.
Estimates for the next fiscal year
must be submitted in the near future
I
for money to become available July
1, 1928. If the town of Seward, or
other local interests, will be prepared
to pay in the $25,000 by that timfe
i
work may then start if Congress pro
vides the money. If, however, the
town or others are not prepared to
meet this requirement prior to July 1,
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AMERICANIZED TASHKENT
TASHKENT, U. S. S. R., April 23.
1 (/P)—Medieval Tashkent, adjoining
the modern Russian city of Tashkent,
will soon give way to an up-to-date
city built upon American lines.
OFF FOR POINT BARROW
FAIRBANKS, April 23. (£»)—Alger
Graham left Wednesday for Point Bar
row with an Eskimo guide and his
! plane loaded with two sets of wheels,
tires, tubes, luggage' and gas. Flying
conditions are favorable.
EXPLOSION, FIRE
KILLS 20, INJURES
MANY INJURED EXPECTED TO
DIE—FIRE STARTED IN PAINT
SHOP
DETROIT, April 23. (jp)—Fire fol
lowing a series of explosions in one
of the main plants of the Briggs Manu
facturing company, makers of auto
mobile bodies, fire killed at least 20
men and Injured more than 100, ae.
cording to firemen’s estimates. Tw'o
firemen on the roof are believed to
have fallen to death in the blazing in
terior. The building Was a new four
story brick and steel structure and
was destroyed. Many of thd dead are
believed to be in the blazing ruins.
Many of the injured are expected to
die. A corps of ambulances was kept
busy carrying away the injured. The
explosion occurred in the paint shop
filled with paints and varnishes. A
strlong wind aided the blaze.
MOTHER KILLS DAUGHTERS
FLANDREA, S. D.,' April 23. (Jp)—
Because she wanted them to “go to
heaven” Mrs. Lloyd Overdahl killed
her three young daughters by slashing
their throats with a butcher knife as
they slept.
JURY SELECTED TO TRY
JUDD UNO MRS. SNYDER
NEW YORK, April 23. (JP)—'The jury
to try Henry Judd and Mrs. Ruth Sny
der on a charge of murdering Mrs.
Snyder’s husband, Albert Snyder, a
New York magazine art editor, was
completed after 3S9 talesmen were se
lected in five days. The taking of
testimony will begin Monday.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Missions 10, Portland 8.
Sacramento 6, Los Angeles 2.
Hollywood 7, Seattle 6.
Oakland 5, San Francisco 6.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 1, Pittsburg 3. Others
rain.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Washington 7, Boston 3. Others
rain.
MEET BRINGS IN $40,000
LONDON, April 23. (£>)—The 1926
tennis championships netted the Eng
lish Lawn Tennis association $40,000.
More than $95,00 has been earned by
the association during the last three
years.
DEFENSE IN MURDER
TRIAL MOVES FOR
DISMISSAL OF CASE
LACK OF EVIDENCE IS PLEA;
MOTION DENIED — ATTEMPT
IMPEACH STORY
SEATTLE, April 23. (JP)—The State
rested in the Dobbs trial. The de
| fense moved for dismissal for lack of
; evidence. Judge Charles P. Moriarity
[denied the motion. The defense then
| placed eight witnesses on the stand,
seven of whom w*ere offered in an at
tempt to impeach the story of William
and James Gerald that they saw
Dobbs on the night of the murder near
the Sammamish slough where Letitia
Whitehall's body was found Novem
ber 14. Seven witnesses swore that
the Gerald brothers were at a party
several miles away from the slough at
the time they said they saw Dobbs. E.
E. Gilbert, the eighth witness, testi
fied that on the night of thes laying
he saw a girl coming out of Dobbs'
office. The girl resembled Letitia.
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE ISSUES
PROCLAMATION CALLING ON
PEOPLE TO GIVE
| The following message, addressed
i to every Red Cross chapter in Alaska,
•which is self-explanatory, was received
this morning by Chairman Ralph Reed
1 of the Seward chapter, American Red
'Cross: .
.
“San Francisco, April 22, 1927.
' “President Coolidge has issued a
i
i proclamation calling upon people to
give quickly and generously to the Red
Cross Mississippi Flood Relief Fund.
! Emergency situation extremely grave,
with 75,000 homeless needing emerg
ency care. Relief problem acute as
number flood refugees increases every
hour. Imperative large relief fund be
raised immediately to meet mounting
need. Every Red Cross chapter must
do its part in this national appeal.
Use is same as for the Florida disas_
ter. “WM. CARLHUNT ”
It is requested that should any citi
zen of Seward desire to respond to
this appeal that they leave their dona
tions at the Seward Drug store.
WOMEN BEST DRIVERS
PARIS. April 23. (>P)—Man, not
woman, appears to be the dangerous
automobile driver in France. Or else
her powers of persuasion have me, h
more effect on the police. Seven ouc
of every hundred cars in Paris are
driven by women, but there "e only
three women involved in evc.y hun
dred fines.