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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 108.
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SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1928.
SNOW PREFERENCE
HERBERT HOOVER
JACKSON, NATIONAL COMMIT- I
TEEMAN EMERGES VICTORI
OUS CONTROL CONVENTION
BALTIMORE, iMay 8. (JP)—Prefer
ence lor Hoover was expressed L-y
Maryland voters at the ^.primary
election yesterday. Their choice ij*
Senator was William Cabell Brae.1,
Democrat, and former Governor and
Philip Lee Goldsboroug'n, Republican,
ns party candidates for the ted
States Senatorshlp.
The renomination of all the prve
fnt members of the House of Re* re
seniatives was demonstrated in Lie
count of the primary votes.
Carrying even more interest u\
politicians of the State was the ron |
test in which Republican National
Committeeman William Jackson
emerged victorious in the centre/
for the Slate Convention despite the
efforts of a group including farmer
Senator Weller, that sought to curt
him from his committee post by yet
ting forward candidates for the con*
vention.
National delegates from Maryland
were elected by State Conventions
and in turn choose the National Com
mitteeman.
UECHT CREEPING
UP OH UTHHOP LUTE
JUNEAU, May 8. (/P)—With th<
First Division complete with the ex
V ception of four small precincts sti*l
unreported the Second Division
14 precincts incomplete, the Fourth
about 250 votes still to come in a^d
the Third unreported in spots, Cant
A, E. Lathrop is leading Albrecht by
55 votes.
Lathrop has 2,840 votes and Al
brecht 2,785.
AtASKH BILL MOVED
CRIMIALLY INSANE
WASHINGTON, May 8. (JP)—'The
i Johnson Bill to permit the care of
criminally insane Alaskans at St. I
Elizabeth? bos;, Lai here was approv
ed by the House Judiciary Comnn'
trr. VTpv,Q+^f<r'Q t’>p y>-ve been sc >!
io
MONEY-BAG POWER
WASHINGTON, May 7, (£>)—The
money bags of the so-called power
trust, and the long arm of influence,
were traced by the Federal Trade
Commission investigated into the
great universities, trade schools and
scientific publications.
i
met ;t over with
WASHINGTON, May 8. (£>)—'The
possibilLy of additional taxes rather
than a tax reduction is seen by
President Coolidge if Congress ap
proves the numerous proposals be
fore it caling for funds front the
Treasury.
PETER JACOBS KILLED OUT
RIGHT; ANDY WALL SER
IOUSLY INJURED
JUNEAU, May 8. (/P)—In a duel in
which knives and cleavers were used,
>k’s helper, Peter Jacobs,
was killed Lust lii^iit. The co^k,
Andy was himself seriously injured
at the Dundas Bay cannery of the
Northwestern Fisheries Sunday night
The cannery wired to bring Wall
ho the fyospital and was not waiting
tor the arrival of U. S.Commission u
Coyle, Assistant District Attorney
nuty Marshal Garater, *o
leach there lor inyeatigation.. ..Tbe
frio left this afternoon for Dundas
Bay. No -particulars have been re
ceived as to the cause of the tragedy
THREE MT GIN PUT
LEAVES HOI WRECKED
LOS ANGELES, May 7, (^—Emp
ty gin bottles,dozens of them, lying
about in an expensive Laurel Can
yon borne. Costly furniture broken,
locks ruined ahd beds torn up, this
was a scene described here by Fritz
Ridgeway, stage star, to Assistant
City Prosecutor William Crowl and
Chief Deputy John Concannon. Her
complaint was - made against five
men and two women, whom she
charged took possession of her home
while she was gone, and staged a
three day drinking party.
SCHOOL TEACHER
UC BOOKS ID
HOUSE, TO E9EGIK
WILL ACCOMODATE 28 PUPiLS
AS WELL AS HIS HOME,
TEACHER IS CARPENTER
SEATTLE, May 8. (JP)—When Ed
win Hunnieutt sailed for Alaska on
board the M. S. Boxer lie carried
with him not only school books hot
, *ol house.
Hunnieutt is a carpenter as well
as a teacher and is bound for Ege
gik where a new Government station
is being established.
The building is in a knockdown
form and besides accomodating ?8
students will be his home*
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit. 0; Philadelphia, fO.
Chicago, 5, New York. 8.
St. LooD,; IS Washington, 2.
Cleveland, 4; Boston, Jr ‘
*v NATIONAL LEAGUE- ' *
Philadelphia, 4; Chicago, 7*
Now York. 5; Cincinnati, 1. , <
Boston, 4: Pittsburgh, 9.
Brooklyn, 5;' St. Louis, 6.
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,SENDING THOUSANDS TROOPS
TOKYO, May S. (JP)—The Japanese
| cabinet decided to d is patch. 151,SOo
’ roops to Tsingtao. The Emperor’.-,
sanction is expected tomorrow.
BRITISH COLUMBIA
SALMON PICK SHORT
VANCOUVER, May 8. (JP)—During
! the last year the salmon pack in
British Columbia totaled 1,360,634
cases. It fell short of the 1926 pro
duction by 704,000 cases, the com
plete figures show.
THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR 1928?
JOSEPH TAYLOR ROBINSON
| hORTHLAND NORTHBOUND
| SAN FRANCISCO, May 8. (/P)— !
I The cutter Northland left for the
J Arctic regions around Alaska and is
I taking medicine, law and seven
brides. iecently married to members
at the dock when the ship departed.
OVERWHELMING VOTE GIVEN AS
AGAINST UNINSTRUCTED
DELEGATION r
BALTIMORE, May 8. (/P)—In yes
terday’s primary Hoover was th«
oni> candidate on the Precedential
’..'k- * on the Republican »ic.-:et* th
voters casting ballots, either lor him
or for uninstru-eted delegates.
'Returns . from nearly all precincts
8howe<d a totai of 22,000 for Hoovoi
and only 4,600 for the uninstracled
uefiepfation.
j Senator Bruce got 38,770 fot the
Democratic Senatorial nbmm.*tH>p to
4\50O for Mrs. Virginia Peters Pari:
-hurst: -Former Governor Golds boro ugh
was unopposed for the Republican
nomination.
DIRIGIBLE Boil!
ms m Kin
-u-- , .j
COPENHAGEN, May 8. (JP)— Iuo
dirigible Italia is undergoing repairs
in it’s hangar at Kingsbay. NobPe
io preparing to leave for the North
Pole within a week. One engine
needed repair as did the envelope
v;hich was torn on the bow when a
landing wTas made at Vadsoe, Nor
way.
UN'S PUCE IS
IN HOME SIDS JUDGE
VANCOUVER, B. C., May 7, (#)—
Woman’s place is in tlie home, accord
ing to Judge King Dykeman of Seat
tle, in an address here. “I still be
lieve the primary function of women
is to bear children of the race and
maintain the home.” He declarded
that “when a woman willingly for
sakes this duty to invade other fields
Of action, it is because she is a mis
fit in her own .sphere of work.”
POLITICAL SCRAP IS
SIMILAR TO CHIGACO
KANSAS CITY, May 8. (/P)—One
| ; an was slugged, four kidnapped ar d
jt filth reported kidnapped incident
to the municipal county bond ele*'
iion. All were leaders in the Pen
dergast faction of the Democratic
l Ward.
ACTUAL WARFARE
BLAZING 1 ORIENT
IN NEUTRAL ZONE
CHINESE REFUSE WITHDRAW
FROM ZONE; BEGIN ADOPT
OFFENSIVE MEASURES
PEKING, May 8. (A3)—Japanese re
ports indicate that actual warfare is
underway in Shantung between Jan
an and Nationalist China troops
Latest reports from Tsinan said that
heavy firing ensued when a contin
gent of 13, from a Japanese regi
ment,reconnoitering in a northern
Tsinan suburb along the railway,
were fired upon by Nationalists.
Japanese are taking measures to
enforce a proclamation in the neutral
Lone seven miles either side of the
railway where the Nationalists were
last reported attacking in great bod
ies.
Fighting followed an order by a
Japanese general directing National
ists troops to withdraw outside the
neutral tone. The Chinese refused
and began to adopt offensive meas
ures. ' /«--•
JAP PLANE CRASHES
TOKYO, May 7, <^)—Japan’s lar
gest airplane, built by the Communi
cation’s JOepartment, crashed during
a trial trip and killed seven. Most of
the dead were mechanics.
WAR OF THE FUTURE
BE DIR DESTRUCTION
LANGLEY FIELD, Va., May 7,(^)
—War of the future, as visualized by
the aerial bombardment here, will
largely be destruction from the
fcky. Scores of planes, bombarding
; and blasting! away with machine guns,
at 2,000 targets, and diving and twist
ing, a mile above the earth, gave
thrilling proof of what -might happen
when next the war drums roll their
call to arms.
L
II S WILLING TO OCT
MEDIATOR IN ORIENT
WASHINGTON, May S. (£>)—The
State Department announced the
.'ted States could consider acting
• n mediator between Japan and the
''•^’'onalist Government of China
only if it was invited to do so by
both sides. It is reported the Na
tionalist had requested the United
States to do so.
TROOPS SQUELSHED
SHANGHAI, May 7. (JP)—The
Northern troops have been entirely;
squelched by the Nationalists in
Shantung uncensored reports say.
Chang forces have been reduced to a’
rabble which has no thought of fight
ing back.