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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 39. SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1927
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HIGH STRIKE MADE
WEPAH SECTION OF
BOYS BRING IN TWO SACKS OF
GOLD ORE WHICH ASSAY
$78,000 A TON
> TONOPAH, Nev. March 8. (JP)—
With visions of golden wealth tender
feet and veterans are wildly hunting
and staking claims in the Wepab
section where two 19-year-old sons oi
prospectors made a rich strike. The
boys brought in two sacks of gold ore
which assayed $78,000 to the ton. Some
i rushers discovered that they were
camped on claims which were staked
20 years ago. The country around
Frank Horton’s land is staked foi
seven miles in every direction. Hor
ton, who made and lost a fortune pros
pecting, plans to reclaim the strike
on land which was sold under judg
ment three months ago with the priv
ilege of redemption within six months.
OLD-TIME BOOM CAMP RISING
TONOPAH, Nev., March 8. (£>)—
Wepah, the scene of Nevada’s new
gold strike, is beginning to take on the
appearance of a mushroom mining
town long familiar in the life and lit
eratlre of the West. Residents point
ed to two bootleggers w'ho “opened up
the town’s first business houses.”
Tents were pitched by newcomers
and began to receive furniture. The
camp buzzed with activities of home
making. Three claim jumpers were
run out of camp.
Tonopah’s dance halls are preparing
to reap a share in the harvest. Gaso
line stations are working double shifts.
A Hollywood movie company has a
cameraman at Wepah filming scenes,
re-enacting the discovery of the mink
by the two boys.
RIGHTS OF WOMEN
ON FEDERAL JURIES
SUPREME COURT PASSES OVER
QUESTION ARISING IN TERRI
TORY CASE
WASHINGTON, March 8. (&)—'The
Supreme court won’t pass upon right
of women to sit upon federal juries
in Alaska and customs officials of Al
aska to seize and examine private pa
pers and use the evidence found there
4n for prohibition prosecutions. Char
lie Hozie brought the case.
AGAINST RATIFICATION
PARIS, March 8. (£>)—’The Repub
lican federation in the French Parlia
ment resolved against ratification of
war debts or evacuation of the Rhine.
Thousands Casualties
'Villages Go Up Flames
Foreigners Are Killed
SEVEREST EARTHQUAKE RECORDED SINCE
1854—AIRPLANES FLY OVER TANGO REGION
WHICH THICKLY STUDDED WITH VILLAGES;
REFUGEES DOT SNOW-COVERED RAILWAY
TRACKS-FIRE, FOLLOWING QUAKE, ADDS TO
DAMAGE AND DEAD—NUMBER CASUALTIES
MAY REACH 5,000
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KYOTO, March 8. (/P)—Official announcement said
2,000 persons perished in yesterday’s earthquake. Offi
cials of 'the Osaka obsevatory said it was the severest in
Western Japan since 1854.
TOKIO, March 8. (/P)—Estimates on the death toll
from the earthquake yesterday are placed at between 100
and 800. While the authorities received confirmation of
only 40 deaths, fires following the quake, added to the
damage and casualties including dead and injured which
may reach 5,000. Dispatches said there were 1,000 casu
alties in Mineyama and four nearby villages which were
destroyed. A number of foreigners were killed.
Army airplanes flew over the Tango region which
is the hardest hit. It is not heavily populated, but is stud
ded with small villages. The dispatches said the aviators
saw smoke, indicating that a number of villages were
blazing. Ant-like swarms of refugees were sighted walk
ing along the snow-covered railway tracks in hope of
transportation to places of shelter. Osaka and Kobe are
quiet.
' QUERY TENDER IS
GIVEN CREDIT FOR
RESCUEOF CREW
FOURTEEN MEN FROM WRECKED
FISHERIES VESSEL SCANDIA
IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, March 8. (/P)—After a
narrow escape from drowning in the
icy waters of Kodiak harbor, when
the power schooner Scandia was
wrecked on the outer rocks, 14 men re
turned to Seattle aboard the Admiral
Watson. Captain Oscar Hvatum said:
“The Scandia started ,to break up
soon after she went on the rocks.
Two dories swamped when launched,
leaving only one for 14 men. We
would have been lost had not the can
nery tender Duncan arrived when she
did. She risked the lives of her own
crew in reaching up.”
SINCLAIR BE TRIED MONDAY
WASHINGTON, March 8. (£>)—'The
trial of Harry Sinclair, oil magnate,
for contempt of the Senate for refus
ing to answer committee questions,
began Monday. f
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AVIATORS FIGHT STORM SEVEN
HOURS CARRYING SUPPLIES
TO TOWNS
DENVER, Colo., March 8. (#)—1The
mining towns of Silverton and Eureka,
which snowslides have isolated three
weeks, remained prisoners after two
aviators fought a storm for seven
hours in an attempt to take supplies
from Denver. Flying at 144,000 feet,
the aviators made five unsuccessful
attempts to cross the Rockies. They
encountered 120-mile an hour winds
and 30 degrees below zero tempera
ture.
AWAITING ARRIVAL RUTH
NEW YORK, March 8. (&)—The
Yankees at St. Petersburg, Fla., are
awaiting the arrival of Ruth who will
take the spotlight when he arrives af
ter signing his $210,000 two-year con
tract. Six Yankees, however, are
missing and are considered hold-outs.
They are Pennock, Collins, Combs,
Paschal and Musel.
WASHINGTON, March 8. (JP)—'The
credentials of Senators Smith and
Vare were presented to the Senate be
fore ajournment and declared to be
of proper form. By this procedure
they expect to get on the payroll in
spite of the investigation into their
campaign funds.
Chairman Parker of the House in
terstate commerce committee intro
duced a new railroad consolidation
bill.
The House committee on modifica
tion of the Volstead act elected Rep
resentative Linthicum chairman for
the seventieth Congress.
Senator Walsh, before adjournment,
offered a resolution for appointment
of a committee to make sweeping in
quiry into the economic state of the
nation.
The House, before adjournment,
passed the compensation bill accept
ing the Senate amendments.
Senator Hefflin accused President
Coolidge of doing the will of the Cath
olics in conjunction with Governor
Alfred Smith in Mexican affairs.
The House anti-prohibition forces
assailed the prohibition reorganization
bill which the Senate passed by a
vote of 71 to 6.
The House passed a bill admitting
the wives and children of naturalized
citizens within the Immigration quota.
The failure of the general deficiency
bills totaling $130,000,000 will hamper
the operation oU many government de
partments and necessitate the shift
ing of funds to relieve pressure.
The Senate approved a resolution
advocating investigating the lobbying
by the Hull amendment proponents
in connection with McFadden.
SIX-DAY BIKE RACE STARTS
NEW YORK, March 8. (JP)—The six
day bicycle race got under way last
night at Madison Square Garden.
POLITICAL REGISTRATION N. Y.
NEW YORK, March 8. (JP)—The re
port of election commissioners show
an enrollment of 865,770 Democrats
and 367,860 Republicans on the regis
trar's books.
ELMAPPEAL
IS DISMISSED BY
SUPREME COURT
CASE INVOLVED REQUISITIONING
SHIP DURING WAR—CLAIMED
LOST THOUSANDS
WASHINGTON, March 8. (£>)—'Upon
motion of the company the Supreme
court dismissed the appeal of the Ell
mar Mining company involving the
requisitioning of ships of the Alaska
Steamship company by the Shipping
Board during the World war. The
mining company claims losses of §159,
153 because of failure to get the ore
to the smelters.
BREAK IN RELATIONS
WITH MEXICO SOON
STATE DEPARTMENT REFUSES
DISCUSS NOTE RECEIVED;
BORAH IN FOREGROUND
WASHINGTON, March 8. (/P)—1The
State Department received a reply on
the Mexican note but refused to dis
cuss it. Senator Borah said he did
not mean to reflect on the State De
partment when he communicated di
rectly with President Calles. He de
clared the nature of his information
he desired gave him reason to expect
better results if he queried Mexico.
WASHINGTON, March 8. (^)—'The
State Department and White House
refused to act on Senator Borah’s ac
tion in communicating with President
Calles in the oil controversy.
WASHINGTON, March 8. (£>)—A
new United States note was sent to
Mexico on the matter of the relations
between the two countries. Officials
here declined to indicate its content.
Reports that Ambassador Tellez would
return to Washington were denied by
the Mexican embassy.
The note sent to Mexico, the con
tent of which was kept secret, is re
ported to have complained of activi
ties or Manuel C. Tellez, Mexican am
bassadofi to the United States, and de
manded his recall.
Confirmation was lacking, but there
was intimations! that the ambassadors'
moves in the oil and land law contro
versy had roused the antipathy of the
United States.
Unofficial reports from Mexico said
the Mexican reply to the American
note he was stern and might cause a
break in relations.
PLANES TO JOIN MANEUVERS "
WASHINGTON, March 8. (/P)—One
hundred planes from the Army Air
Corps units all over the country will
take part in the huge maneuver in
Texas in May.