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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXII, NUMBER 186 SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
TROLLING AND GILL NET FISH
ING ONLY SOUTH OF 58TH
PARALLEL
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SEATTLE, Aug. 31. (JP)— Henry
O’Malley announced he has cancell
ed the fall salmon season which had
been scheduled to start September
14 in Alaska. He said the closing
is essential to the perpetuity of the
industry.
He asserted that the Southeastern
Alaska pack this year has been less
than 20 per cent of the normal and
“there will be no fall fishing except
for trolling south of the 58th parallel,
and gill net fishing. This is only for
fresh fish and mild cure which will
.be of no benefit to the packer.”!
O'Malley left tonight to inspect Ore
gon and California fisheries.
ENGLISH AVIATORS
OFF FOR OTTOI; i
* PRINCESS ABOARD
TRANS-ATLANTIC PLANE REPORT
'4 ED OVER IRELAND HEADING
WEST
UPAVON, Eng., Aug. 31. (/Pi—
Captain Leslie Hamilton and Colonel
F. F. Minchin, hopped off a*t 7:31 this
morning on a trans-Atlantic flight
to Ottowa, Canada. Princess Lowen
stein Wertheim, who is financing the
flight, was aboard the plane.
PLANE IS SIGHTED
BELFAST. Aug. 31. (IP)—The trans
Atlantic plane is reported from Gal
way as having passed over Inveran,
near the coast, at Galway bay, at
12:10 proceeding due west.
E
WAS MAN IN DISGUISE; ALLEG
ED TO BE NARCOTIC PED
DLED; HAD BIG FEET
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 31. (/P)— |
Mrs. Esther Egan was arrested in a,
down town hotel today because her
ankles were not trim. “She is no
lady”! someone in the lobby said
pointing to the ankles supporting an
otherwise fashionable appearing per
son. The house detective agreed and j
investigated with-' the results that j
Mrs. Egan turned out to be a man
in disguise and was arrested charged j
with being a narcotic peddler. Police j
say the name ot‘ the suspect is Paul
t . Libaromich.
NEW YORK, Aug. 31.(/P)—A meet->
.4» ing of the financial committee of the
United States Steel Corporation was
held, but no decision was reached
on a successor for the late Elbert H.
Gary as chairman of the Corporation. .
m/imKorj Timro n Kannt
FLIERS ARRIVE TURKEY
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 31. (JP)—
The American round-the-world fliers
arrived from Belgrade at 11:45 this
morning.
MORE THAN 200 ENTER RACE;
AFTER PRIZES TOTALING
$50,000
TORONTO, Aug. 31. (JP)—The $50,
000 swimming marathon over a
course of 21 miles started with more
than 200 swimmers including some
of the world's most famous natators.
They commenced the long grind on
Lake Ontario at the four mile mark.
Ernst Vierkotter, German, passed
George Young, and took a 50 yard
lead. A few moments later Young
gave up the race and was hauled into
a boat.
12 SENTENCED TO DIE
MOSCOW, Aug. 31. (£>)—'Twelve
officials have been sentenced to
death as the result of a nation wide
drive to end the wave of embezzle
ment. The conviction included 5
customs officers who were charged
with .graft.
STRIKE COKCUSS
SUBMARINE QUAKE;
TILTS FRENCH SHIP
PASSNGERS HURLED TO DECK;
CALM SEA IS SUDDENLY DIS
TURBED
NEW YORK, Aug. 31. (JP)—A
strange concussion at sea generally |
believed to have been a submarine |
earthquake tilted the French liner j
“France” from side to side and hurl- j
ed many of the passengers from their
deck chairs and beds. This was
learned when the ship docked to
day. Most of the hundreds of her
passengers were in the main saloon
listening to a concert when the dis
turbance occured. The sea had been
calm; suddenly the ship began to
rock, the water around the vessel
began to churn and the ship rocked
back and forth about a dozen times.
ABANDONS US MAKE
SECOND OCEAN FLIGHT
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LONDON, Aug. 31. (^P)—Levine
j will abandon plans to make a return
t flight over the Atlantic if the British
aviator Hamilton Minehin succeeds
in the present attempt, he told the
Associated Press. He indicated he
had in mind an alternative flight i
which might consist in an attempt
to break the long distance -endurance
records flying toward the west.
TITLE IS NUISANCE
LONDON, Aug. 31. (/P)—Lor i Der
by in speaking at South Port said
that a title is a hindrance to ihe
Briton. The remark was provoked
in a discussion concerning attempts
of the Baldwin government to reform
tlio TTrtllso rtf T rtl*a <3
CAPTAIN SENDS SOS; SEVEN
VESSELS RUSHING REMOVE
PASSENGERS
VICTORIA. Aug. 31. (/P)—A wire
less message received shortly before
midnight said the Canadian Pacific
steamer Princess Charlotte was hard
aground on a rock in Wrangell Nar
rows and had sent out SOS calls
asking for removal of passengers, j
The message which reported all pas
sengers were safe, was sent by the
captain of the Charlotte to J. W.
Troup, manager of the British Colum
bia Coast Steamship Service. The1
steamer was enroute from Vancouver
to Skagway with about 250 passen
gers.
The coast geodetic survey vessel
Explorer and coast guard cutters
Cygan and Unalga have been ordered
to the scene of the accident. Three
tugs from Petersburg and one from
Victoria have left to assist in the
removal of passengers.
MELLON FOR PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. (^—Se
cretary of Treasury Mellon would be
elected President, if the selection was
left to the business interests of the I
country, Senator James Watson of
Indiana says.
DAWES POPULAR G. O. P. CHOICE
CHICAGO, Aug. 31. (£>)—Vice Pre
sident Dawes is the most popular!
Republican choice as candidate for'
President of the United States for
the 1928 campaign. This was indi
cated by the result of a straw vote
taken by the leading newspapers of
this city.
THIS SEASON'S PUCK
THOUSANDS UNDER I
THAT LAST YEAR
FISHERIES BUREAU OF JUNEAU
RELEASES FIGURES OF PACK
TO DATE
JUNEAU. Aug. 31. (IP)—The local j
! Fisheries Bureau announced ^this sea
son’s salmon pack north of the 58th
parallel, which is .the onty section
where operators are not expected to |
sustain losses, reached a total of
363,590 cases. While several thous
and cases will be added to this fig
ure by fall operations the pack is
approximately at 230,000 cases below
the 1926 season which was the best
season.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Oakland, 2; Sacramento, 7.
Portland, 5; Seattle 2.
Missions, 4; Hollywood, 10.
Los Angeles, 12; San Francisco, 2.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburg, 2-12; Philadelphia, 3-6,
Cincinnati, 1; Boston, 2.
Chicago, 3; New York, 7.
St. Louis, 3; Brooklyn, 5.
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CAUTIONS OFFICERS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. (/P)—The
War Department has cautioned Army
officers against the employing alien
house servants.
REDFEBN GLIMPSED
BY HABITANTS OF
A NATIVE VILLAGE
PLANE SEEN ON DAY AVIATOR
WAS SCHEDULED BE ON HIS
WAY TO BRAZIL
CARACAS, Venezuela, Aug. 31. (/P)
—Some confirmation that an airplane
had been sighted over the Delta of
the Orinoco River Saturday was
given to the Government by a tele
graph operator at Ciudad, Bolibar,
who reported the inhabitants of Ma
careito village, in the Delta, declared
they saw an airplane flying south
east the day Redfern was scheduled
to be on his way to Brazil.
SEARCH PACIFIC COAST
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31. (£>)—'The
search for Joseph Berman Julian,
stock pool operator, was shifted to
the Pacific coast following informa
tion from the district attorney’s of
fice that Berman may be in San
Francisco.
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TURNS OVER THREE TIMES
BURSTS INTO FLAMES BOT
TOM DEEP CANYON
CHICAGO. Aug. 31. (/P)—Airs. Jean
Crowley. 23, and her three children
were instantly killed when the auto
mobile in which they were riding
suddenly shot off the road and into
a deep canyon. The car turned com
pletely over three times and burst
into flames at the bottom. The car
and all four occupants were des-;
troyed by the flames before any as
sistance arrived. The children were!
Harold, three years old, May, two
and William seven mouths. When
the news was broken to Mr. Crowley]
who is a local automobile salesman,
he fainted and was taken home sick.!
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TRAIN TUMBLES OVER
MOUNT BLANC,17 DEAD
PARIS, Aug. 31. (/P)—Mrs Perro,
'prominent of Chicago, together with
her daughter and their maid are re
ported killed together with 14 other
tourists ni a train that was going up
Mount Blanc. The accident occured
yesterday, the train tumbling over a
high embankment. Forty other per
sons were injured. They were the
only Americans making the trip on
the train.
WARREN R. PORTER DIES
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31. (JP)—
Warren R. Porter, former lieute
nant governor of Californiaa, died at
his home at Watsonville following
his return last Thursday from Alas
ka. Porter was born in Santa Cruz
in 1SR1
HEAD OF DRY ACTIVITIES STATE
WASHINGTON, OREGON, AL
ASKA, ON CARPET
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. (/^—Pro
hibition head Lyle called at the of
fice of the Prohibition Commission
Doran to explain the inefficiency of
law enforcement in Lyle’s district,
Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. It
is said the prohibition forces in
Lyle's district are demoralized to a
great extent. While there has been
no specific problem confronting
Lyle other than the general routine
of enforcement such centers as Seat
tle, Tacoma and Portland, and no
large bootlegging rings such as in
fest the east, the Administrative
problems have' not met with satisfac
tion by the Treasury Department.
Lyle refused to make any comment.
SAXAPHONE MARATHON
DIES NATURAL DEATH
Ai GERMAIN. WINNER
MUSICIAN CARRIED FAINTING
FROM ENCLOSURE WHEN
SOUNDS FLAT NOTE
GERBER, Calif., Aug. 31. (/P>—'The
silver saxaphone band is out of its
misery. The only saxaphone mara
thon in history has been concluded.
A1 Germain, of seven saxaphone sol
oists, whs declared the winner at 4:04
o’clock yesterday afternoon after 28
hours and four minutes in the wired
enclosure during which he had played
“Yes we have no Bananas” for IS
hours and 26 minutes. At that hour
the judge who had been listening in
tensely with bowed head and tears
streaming down his cheeks to the
notes of Clifford Ross the sole re
maining competitor raised his hand
and blew a shrill whistle. The sound
sent a shiver through Gerber’s sleep
less taut nerved and unstrung through
the night. Ross had flatted his “G”
announced the judge. That was the
rule, the first low note disqualified
him and Ross was carried fainting
from the fortress in which the saxa
phone players were enclosed. Ger
main was carried away in triumph by
a few remaining friends.
NEW INVESTIGATION LAUNCHED
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. (/P) A
new investigation has been launched
into the rum running from Canada.
It is estimated that last years illicit
liquor imports from Canada reached
$20,000,000 in value.
FARMER BATTERS DEATH
BEET ON, Ont., Aug. 31. (/P)—In a
hand to hand encounter fought in
the darkness of a farm cabin, Alex
Hodge, aged 47, battered to death an
unknown assailant. Hodge had just
received $600 from two cattle buyers
and the assailant apparently planned