COAST TERMINAL FOR THE ALASKA RAILROAD
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SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1927. PRICE TEN CENTS
VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 30.
BRITAIN WILL SEND
WARSHIP NICARAGUA
ACCORDING KELLOGG
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ABSENCE OF GUARANTEES OF
PROTECTION OF LIVES, PROP
ERTY GIVEN AS REASON
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. (/P)—Great
Britain is contemplating the dispatch
4 of a "warship to the west coast of Nica
ragua, Secretary of State Kellogg
made public today. A telegram was
recived from American Minister Eb
erhardt of Managua, saying the Brit
ish charge d’affaires informed him of
Britain’s intentions. Eberhardt said
the action was being taken in the ab
sence of guarantees from Nicaragua
and the United States governments
for protection of lives and property of
British subjects in the event of fur
ther street fighting, incendiarism and
pillage in threatened districts of the
■republic.
/ CRUISER ORDERED SOUTH
LONDON, Feb. 25. (/P)—'The British
cruiser Colombo has been ordered
from Bermuda to Nicaragua to protect
British lives and property. The deci
British lives and property.. The giv
^ ernment says it will not change its at
titude toward the Monroe Doctrine.
CRUISER ARRIVES
PANAMA CANAL ZONE, Feb. 25.
(/Pj—The British cruiser Colombo ar
rived in the Canal Zone. She will
reach Corinto, Nicaragua tomorrow,
and will be a possible refuge for Brit
ish subjects.
HUGE REDUCTION IN NAVAL AP
PROPRIATION IS ADDED TO
AMENDMENT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. (^—Re
versing its previous stand, the House
disregarded the wishes of President
Coolidge and concurred with the Sen
ate in appropriating funds toward
the construction of three light cruis
ers already authorized. The House
^ provided, however, by a vote of 208
to 172, only $450,000 instead of $1,200,
000 voted by the Senate, But there are
indications that the Senate will ac
cept the reduction. If the Senate con
curs in the naval appropriation bill
to which the amendment will be tack
ed, it will go directly to President
Coolidge.
TO PAY $30,000,000
PARIS, Feb. 25. (/P)—Premier
Poincare will offer the United States
the immediate payment for 1927 of
$30,000,000. Due under the Mellon
Berenger agreement for the first
year it was learned today.
ESTABLISHES POLE RECORD
k NEW YORK, Feb. 25. (£>)— Paul
Harrington, of Boston, established a
new world’s record for a pole vault
at 13 feet five and one-eight inches.
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COOLIDGE VETOES M’NARY
HAUGHEN BILL AIMED TO
BRING RELIEF TO FARMERS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. (£>)—
President Coolidge vetoed the Mc
Nary-Haughen bill because it is
“not a benefit to the farmer, and
discriminates in favor of certain
products.” McNary said he would
make no effort to override the veto,
The President signed the McFad
den branch banking bill.
LARGE CANNERY IT
NEW EN6LAND CO.
CARLISLE PACKING COMPANY
DISPOSING O F FIVE-LINE
PLANT, IT IS ANNOUNCED
SEATTLE, Feb. 25. (fP)—A deal for
the purchase of the Carlisle Packing
company’s cannery at Cordova by the
New England Fish company is about
to be closed, all arrangements having
been made for transfer. Frank Wright,
president of the Carlisle company, an
nounced that the consideration would
not be made public.
The Cordova cannery is a five-line
plant. The pack last year was 92,000
cases. A. L. Hager, acting for the
New England Fish company, said the
1927 development program includes
doubling the capacity of the Ketchi
kan packing plant and cannery at
Noyes- Island, Juneau, Wrangell, Pe
tersburg and Alexander and traps in
Southeastern Alaska.
FOUR PLANES BURN
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 25. (/P)— Fire
today destroyed a hangar at Rich
ard’s Field near here containing four
air mail planes. The planes were
owned by the National Air Transport
Company, which holds the Chicago
Dallas Line contract. The damage
was estimated at more than $100,000.
WILD LIFE REFUGE AT
WILL BE UNLAWFUL TO HUNT,
TRAP, CAPTURE, KILL BEA
VER, MUSKRAT IN AREA
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. (£>)—'The
creating of a wild life reserve kt
Curry, Alaska, and beaver and musk
rat preserves at other points along
the Alaska railroad is authorized.
Under the terms of the authorization
order it is made unlawful to hunt,
trap, capture or kill any beaver or
muskrat in the reservation, which is
placed under the jurisdiction of the
Department of Agriculture.
TAKES UP DUTIES
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. (^—Vin
cent Massey, first Canadian Minister
to Washington, arrived to take up
his duties.
GENERAL ZAPTA CAPTURED?
NAGAGUA, Feb. 25. (£>)—Liberal
General Zapata was declared captur
ed by Diaz forces in the western sec
tion of the country.
WILKINS IN INTERIOR
CITY PERNS BIG HOP
WORK OF OVERHAULING PLANE
"ALASKAN” BEGINS—REPLAC
ING DAMAGED PARTS
FAIRBANKS, Feb. 25. (£>)—Capt.
G. H. Wilkins, who arrived Tuesday
night, announced that he contemplates
a takeoff March 15 for Point Barrow
with the entire personnel except a
radio operator who will be stationed
here to receive and transmit the ex
pedition’s dispatches.
Overhauling of the plane “Alaska”
will begin immediately to have the
new wings put on, fuselage repaired
and replacing parts damaged in a
smashup last spring. This work will
| be rushed while awaiting the arrival
|of two Stnson planes, so as to permit
unhindered progress in assembling
' them.
IS FIRST FOREIGNER TO RECEIVE
GOLD COMMISSION FROM THE
SOVIETS
SEATTLE, Feb. 25. (JP)—Joseph C.
Vint, an old Alaskan miner, arrived
| in ‘Seattle from the Amur river, Sibe
ria, where he operates the American
Gold Dredging company at Blago
i vostschonsk. He is the first foreigner
to receive a gold commission from the
Soviet government. He was granted
a franchise for 20 years. He reported
that the Soviets drive a hard bargain,
; but are exceedingly fair if the con
| tractor lives up to his bargain. He
1 expects to export much gold from Rus
sia. He uses American equipment.
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RAY ARMSTRONG UNABLE TO
STRAIGHTEN OUT SKIDDING
CAR
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25. (JP)—
Crashing headlong into a grandstand
as his car swerved around at a turn
at the Ascot speedway yesterday af
ternoon, Ray Armstrong, driving car
No. 16, was critically injured and a
policeman, H. L. Olewin of Lincoln
Heights division, struck by the speed
ing car, received lacerations of the
legs and arms. Armstrong was one
of the speed kings competing in four
main events at the track yesterday.
He apparently lost control of his car
as it rounded the oval end of the track.
The car skidded and before the driver
could again straighten it to Its course
it smashed into the end of the grand
stand. - •
FORMER SENATOR DEAD
CAMDEN, N. J., Feb. 25 (JP)—David
Baird, former United States Senator,
died at bis home here. He had been
ill several weeks. He was 88 years
old.
STRIKERS AND SUN'S
TOTTERING FORGES
DECLARE A TRUCE
PROCLAMATION ENDS SUMMARY
EXECUTIONS—100,000 BACK TO
WORK
SHANGHAI, Feb. 25. (JP)—A ithou
sand Shantung troops arrived from
Nanking en route to Sungkian, 28
miles south, where the Cantonese are
expected to attack in force. A truce
has been declared between Sun’s tot
tering forces and Shantugn labor.
Proclamations simultaneously ended
summary executions, which totaled
i more than 100, and sent many hun
dreds of thousands of strikers back to
work.
LARGE FIRE LOSS IS
SUSTAINED IN MRNIUI
MANILA, Feb. 25. (JP)— Fire swept
the heart of the Manila business dis
trict causing damage estimated be
itwen and and two million dollars.
Nine of the principal business houses
were destroyed and four others dam
aged. This is the second bad fire to
hit Manila within six weeks. No loss
of life is reported.
CONTINUE SURVEY
LEAVES SEATTLE TOMORROW
FOR SEWARD—MERTIE WILL
HEAD PARTY OF FOUR
SEATTLE, Feb. 25. (JP)—Gerald
Fitzgerald of Washington, D. C., will
leave Saturday for Seward on his way
to prepare for government survey of
the last large unexplored section of
Alaska, lying within the Arctic cir
cle and extending from the Chandelar
river to the Canadian border. He
will drive a dogteam from Fairbanks
to Fort Yukon, when he will trek into
the northeastern part of Alaska. The
trip will be made in April or May,
some time being spent as a prelimi
nary in scouting for food to be cached
where it will be accessible durihg the
summer.
J. B. Mertrie, Jr., government geo
logist, who will head the party of
four from the Interior Department
Gological Survey, will leave Washing
ton in May. The geologists, packing
their supplies on their backs and the
backs of their dogs will travel on foot
and in canoes across the rugged coun
try, seeking information as to its
topography, geographs, geology and
mineral resources.
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RATLIFF SWEARS OUT
WARRANT ARREST OF
ENGAGES ATTORNEYS TO PRO
TECT RICH SILVER MINE
NEAR SEWARD
OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 25.(JP)— J.
E. Ratliff, aged 23, on whose complaint
W. S. Deamer, engineer, was arrested
for forgery in San Francisco, engaged
attorneys to protect his interests in
what he characterized as an attempt
to steal his share in a rich silver mine
near Seward. Ratliff said he was way
laid, stabbed, thrown in jail and
threatened with imprisonment in a
conspiracy to prevent him fulfilling
a contract to raise $225,000 to build a
mill on the property.
ILLY BATES TRIAL
WILL EXTEND OVER
PROSECUTION AND DEFENSE
CLASH OVER ADMISSIBILITY
OF TESTIMONY
FAIRBANKS, Feb. 25.(£>)—1The Nel
lie Bates trial moved rapidly through
numerous minor government witness
es only meet another delay when the
prosecution and defense clashed over
the admission of the testimony of Ar
thur G. Denny, internal revenue collec
tor. The defense contended that in
formation obtained in the performance
of his duty was not acceptable. Judge
Ritche adjourned court and took the
motion under advisement. It is indi
cated the trial wrill extend into next
week.
BY BERMUDA FOLK
NOT SO WITH “DADDY,” HOW
EVER, ACCORDING TO RE
PORTS FROM SOUTH
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Feb. 25. (/P)
—“Peaches” Browning’s surprising
social success here is a sure promise
of a poor reception for “Daddy”
Browning should he carry out his
plans for a Bermuda sojourn later.
“Peaches” is ready to leave for the
North. “Peaches” has met the best
here and has been accepted by them
as an equal. The latest conquest by
Browning’s child bride was of Judge
Webster of Webster, Mass., who hav
ing declared he would not walk across
the street the meet King George or
the Prince of Wales, walked all around
a tea table to meet the visitor.
ACTRESS RECOVERING
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25. (£>)—Mab
el Normand popular film actress was
apparently winning her battle against
pneumonia at the Santa Monica hos
pital todav.
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