COAST TERMINAL FOR THE ALASKA RAILROAD
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 34. SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5,1927. PRICE TEN CENTS
Coal Ship Soon
Start Hauling
San Francisco
TWO THOUSAND TON POWER SCHOONER PUR
CHASED BY C. P. PETERSEN WILL SOON SAIL
NORTH—THOUSAND TONS A DAY CONTRACT
SAID TO BE AVAILABLE
According to plans now maturing in San Francisco,
by mid-April the first shipment of Matanuska coal will
leave Alaska for the California metropolis, and steady
shipments will be maintained throughout the summer and
winter, according to announcement.
A power schooner has been purchased and is expected
to be ready shortly to repeat the historical event of the
steamer Portland carrying the first big gold shipment
to Seattle.
With prospective contracts of large dimensions loom
ing, the outlook is for the greatest era of coal develop
ment in the history of the Matanuska fields,^not consid
ing the government’s efforts to develop Chickaloon and
Eska. An apparently well authenticated
EXPLOSION AND FIDE
IN PARISH HOUSE
•IS FATAL TO TWO
ESCAPING GAS FROM WATER
HEATER OR BOMB THOUGHT*
CAUSE
TOLEDO, Ohio, Feb. 5. (JP)—Two
persons were killed and a third seri
ously injured in an explosion and
fire which destroyed the First Congre
gational church and the adjoining
parish house. Theories advanced as
to the cause of the explosion include
escaping gas from a water heater or a
bomb.
Thousands of persons crowded the
fire lines while firemen plunged into
the flamoing parish house kitchen and
brought out a woman and the bodies
of a man and wife. The blast hurled
doors and windows accompanied by
flames across the street and rocked
the neighborhood nearby. Windows
were-shattered. The injured woman
was so badly burned that was ‘un
identified until her husband reached
the hospital. The loss is estimated at
$200,000.
ALL MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL
FAMILY UNDER PROTECTION
EMPEROR OF SIAM
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Feb. 5. (^P)—Forty
thousand Russian refugese in Bul
garia, were delirous with joy yester
day, in receipt of the news that
the former Czar of Russia, Nicholas,
and all the members of the Royal
family are alive and well, in Siam,
where they are well under the pro
tection of the Emperor of Siam. ,
Special day and night Masses are
route there, can arrive and protect ,
ruler is safe.
irepuiL says uiat *j. tr. .reierseu ox an
chorage, who went to San Francisco
some weeks ago, has purchased a
2,000-ton auxiliary schooner, equipped
with a 300- h. p. Deisel engine and
carrying a crew of 12 men, which will
sail for Alaska as soon as she has been
placed in drydock and given a thor
ough overhauling and rating.
The vessel will be sail north short
ly after being thoroughly outfitted
and * expects to begin carrying coal
from the Matanuska fields to San
Francisco about the middle of April.
It is expected to make one round trip
per month to San Francisco carrying
a full cargo each trip, and will also
call at Kodiak and other Westward
points for the purpose of delivering
coal, touching at canneries and all
places where fuel is required.
In addition to engaging in a coal
carrying business, but not as a com
mon carrier, the schooner will do a
general trading business in Western
Alaska, purchasing such commodities
as herring, salmon, etc., and trans
porting them to San Francisco.
On return trips northward the ves
sel will take on pick-up cargoes of
various kinds.
The enterprise is financed by An
chorage capital primarily with a view
to developing the Manatnuska coal
fields.
The new enterprise does not expect
to come into competition with the al
ready established lines of transpor
tation to Alaska, but will cover a field
that is practically virgin as far as
transportation is concerned.
It is also stated that a contract for
1,000 tons of coal daily has been of
fered to Matanuska coal operators.
Reports from the coal fields indicate
that whereas no one mine is suffi
ciently equipped with machinery to
fill the order, it may be filled by col
lective effort
Outside on missions having to do
with coal production and sale are
Oscar Anderson, president of the Ev
an Jones Coal company and Henry
Boxter, of the Matanuska Bituminous
Coal company. Mr. Baxter is financ
ing for operation of the Baxter mine
m Moose creek, where a large and ap
parently permanent bed of excellent
:oal has been prospected and de
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DRASTIC PUNISHMENT METED
OUT BY CALLES—SIX OTH
ERS COURT MARTIALED
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 5. (JP)—Julio
Arriola, former Governor of Oxaxa
ca,- and Nino Rivera, ex-army major,
were executed publicly after a rapid
President Calles to finflicit drastic
punishment if guilty of conspiracy
against the government. The two
leaders of the anti-government plot
were captured with six followers at
midnight Thursday. They are report
ed to have confessed before the court
martial; Others will also be court
martialed.
mm SIS FOR THE
NORTH; 127 ON SOU
i
SEATTLE, Feb. 5. (JP)—The Alame
da sailed at 9 o’clock this morning
and carried 127 passengers: Seward
passengers included: A. Mangen, J.
E. Strand, C. W. PeArsons, C. Jensen,
A. N. Madson, Paul Doyle, H. D.
Windier, Wm. Wedgley, A. B. Gray,
J. L. Abrams and wife, T. C. Parker
and wife, J. P. Larson, Dan Baudman,
Billy Root, Chas. Bell, Jack Gjoan and
one steerage.
SOOTHE! ILLINOIS
010 LEADERS GET
LONG SENTENCES
QUINCY, 111., Feb. 4. (/P)—Carl,
Earl and Bernie Shelton, three south
ern Inninois gang leaders . wrere
convicted last night on charges of
robbing a messenger of $15,000 at Col
linsville. * Charles Birger, head of a ri
val gang, gave the main testimony
against his brothers. Attorneys filed
motion for a new trial in the federal
court. The trio received a verdict of
guilty on four counts without emo
tion. The verdict provides 25 years
imprisonment. Birger, who is called
the “Emperor of Harrisburg,” testified
that the Sheltons planned the robbery
to obtain more money with which to
conduct liquor operations.
TRYING TO FIT OFF
BIO DEBT BY WRITING
NEW YORK, Feb. 5.(/P)—Cornelius
Vandebilt, Jr., who failed in an at
tempt as a publisher of the Tabloids,
is living in a two-room apartment,
doing his own cooking and trying to
do enough magazine and novel writ
ing to pay off the $3,000,000 debt.
VOTE MARX CONFIDENCE
BERLIN, Feb. 5. (/P)—The Reichs
tag voted confidence in the Marx new
bourgeoise coalition Cabinet by 230
to 74.
HORDES OF WOUiED
ARRIVING HANGCHOW;
ARMY MAXES STAND
MARSHAL SUN CHANG FANG EX
PECTS HALT CONQUERING
MARCH OF CANTONESE
m mis torn up
JAPANSES NAVAL OFFICER AN
NOUNCES CRUISER AND FOUR
DESTROYERS DISPATCHED
SHANGHAI, Feb. 5. (£>)—Hordes of
wounded «,re reaching Hanchow. The
army of Marshal Sun Chuang Fang
is at Yencjiow, where he has taken
a stand along the river to halt the
conquering march of the Cantonese
toward Shanghai, 160 miles away. The,
wounded overflowed the native hospi
tals at Hanchow to the Southern
Presbyterian mission hospital at Ha
shing, where the Cantonese may be
halted at Yenchow or thrust aside by
Northern troops. This cannot be
foretold. It is claimed at the head
quarters of the Northern forces that
the withdrawal of troops before Can
tonese pressure to Chuchow is a stra
tegic move to gain a better position.
The Cantonese insist they will soon
break through Sun’s resistance and
agajn reach Hankow, from where
they were hurled by the tide of war
not long ago. There is a railroad
from Hanchow to Shanghai, but its
113 miles of track has been torn up in
places by previous struggles.
BE HELD IN READINESS
TOKIO, Feb. 5. (JP)—The navy of
fice announced that a cruiser and four
destroy >rs were ordered to proceed to
Sasebo from Kure to await further
instructions. It is understood the
warships will be held in readiness to
sail for Shanghai.
I
CONFUSING REPORTS
REGARDING STATUS
NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN AR
MIES ALIGN FOR BATTLE FOR
POSSESSION OF CITY
SHANGHAI, Feb. 5. (^—Conflict
ing reports left Shanghai wondering
about the military situation south of
here where Northern and Southern
troops are aligned for a battle, which
is expected to determine the posses
sion of this city. Marshal Fang Sun
declared he is holding his own. Mis
sionaries arriving from the battle
front said 500 of Sun’s wounded sol
diers filled Hankow hospitals.
LOSE FIRST GAME
SEATTLE, Feb. 5. (£>)—Buckley
High School defeated the Ketchikan
basketball team by a score of eight
to two.
ROSENBERG FAILS TO
MAKEWEIGHT, BEATS
FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE VACANT;
CHALLENGER FALLS BEFORE
SLASHING ATTACK
NEW YORK, Feb. 5. (iP)—Although
stripped of his championship title be
cause of failure to make the weight
limit. Rosenberg came back to whip
Graham decisively, winning the deci
sion. The title is now vacant. The
crown would have rested on Graham’s
head had he won. The challenger
could not, however, cope with the
slashing attack of his more powerful
opponent. Rosenberg announced his
intention to campaign for the feather
weight title. He battled Graham with
a barrage of rocking punches from
the second round to' the close of the
battle, but was unable to floor his
clever adversary. Graham’s dancing
tactics proved of little avail under the
relentless fire Rosenberg poured into
hiln both at long and short range.
AMNESTY PROMISED TO ALL
. REBELS WHO LAY DOWN
’ THEIR ARMS
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 5. (£>)—'The
War Department declares the rebel
lious movement is crushed, and prom
ises amnesty to all the rebels who
lay down their arms, unconditionally
by February 10. Simultaneously the
Commerce Department emphasizes
assurance that the government in
tends no confiscatory action against
foreigners in the execution of land
and petroleum laws.
PHOTO PHONE
SCHENECTADY, Feb. 5. (>P)—The
General Electric engineers, announc
ed that the “Photo Phone”, will make
taking motion pictures a reality in
the near future.
MILITARY TRAINING, SCHOOL
MOSCOW, Feb. 5. (^F)—Regular
military training will be extended to
High School throughout the Seviet
Russia this is effective on February
5, 1927.
GENERAL RAILWAY STRIKE .
AND REVOLUTION IN
NORTHERN PORTUGAL
LONDON, Feb. 5. (^—Dis
patches said a general railway
strike is effective in southern
Portugal and all northern Portu
gal is in revolution.
FIGHTING IN PROGRESS
LISBON, Portugal, Feb. 5. (>P)—Se
rious fighting between government
troops and revolutionaries is under
way at Oporto. The Minister of Com
merce, whom the revolutionaries ar
rested at the beginning of the revolt,
has escaped. The Lisbon troops re
mained loyal.