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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 53. SEWARD, ALASKA^ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1927. PRICE TEN CENTS
SHANGHAI TO BECOME
WORLD REVOLUTION
BASE SAYS TSUNCSI
PEAK OF TERROR PASSES—DE
FEATED TROPPS BEING SHIP
PED FROM CITY
SHANGHAI, March 23. (/P)-Gen
eral Pat Tsunghsi, the Cantonese com
mander, issued a manifesto announc
ing that Shanghai would become the
“base of a world revolution,” but
warning that foreigners must not be
attacked or insulted or their property
destroyed. American marines are as
sisting other foreign troops to hold
*Vhe barricade protecting the interna
tional settlement. The situation ap
peared much easier. The Chinese
shops opened again in the native dis
tricts indicating that the peak of the
reign of terror passed. Three Amer
icans were injured, none seriously.
\ An armed mob demonstrated in front
.of the British posts guarding the in
ternational settlement, and fired guns
into the air. The Shantung troops are
being shipped out of the city.
SEETHING MOB OF STUDENTS
SURROUND CAR, CALL FOR
EXECUTIONER
LONDON, March 23. (^—Lieuten
ant Colonel Haywood of the British
defense force and a small party of
Britishers narrowly escaped death in
the native city of Shanghai, says a
dispatch to the Daily Mail from Sir
vPercival Gibbs, its Shanghai corre
spondent. The dispatch says the Hey
wod party went in an automobile to
the native city to interview the Can
tonese general regarding the means of
alleviating the general situation. The
Britsh car was caught in a seething
mob of students who shouting: “Kill
the foreign dogs,” called for the exe
cutioner. The latter appeared in
black clothes ready to perform his of
fice when the general’s body guard
rescued the Britishers in the nick of
^time.
We loot discovered .
’ IN PANAMA CMML ZONE
PANAMA CITY, March 23. (£>)—
Golden ornaments and chains buried
by the inhabitants, at the time the
pirate Captain Morgan looted the
city, have been found by George
Kelly and Fred Williams, English
men and Wallace Bain, an American.
No estimate of the value of the loot
4ras obtained.
SHIEVESEORT, La., March 23.(£>)
—Willie Kamm wielded destruction
with his bat and the White Sox, of
Chicago, rode to a 10 to 3 decision
over the Shrevesport club.
PROSPECTORS DILL IS
PASSED BY THE SEDATE
JUNEAU, March 23. (/P)—1The Sen
ate passed the prospectors* bill giving
free transportation to new properties;
also $150 annually to aid them. The
bill carries $20,000 appropriation to
be handled by a commissioner.
TICK LOAD MARINES
ARE FIRED UPON
BULLETS SMASH WINDSHIELD
BUT CAUSED NO CASUALTIES;
OFFICERS INVESTIGATE
MASAYA, Nicaragua, March 23. (£*)
—Police Chief Jose Corea notified
President Diaz that a truckload of
United States marines were fired on
from a nearby house. The bullets
smashed the windshield but caused no
casualties. The message said the
marine officers and local officers are
investigatng and searching suspected
places for arms. Masaya is about 20
miles from Managua.
HAINES MERCHANT DIES
JUNEAU, March 23. (JP)—Sol Ri
pinskv, aged 75, a merchant at Haines,
who came to Alaska 45 years ago, died
following a two-day illness.
COOLIDGE WILL NOT RUN
NEW YORK, March 23. (^—Sen
ator Edwards has expressed the opin
ion that President Coolidge will not
seek renomination and said that Vice
President Dawes had the first place
as the Republican candidate.
HALT MAY SEND
REPRESENTATIVE
TO ARMS PARLE!
ATTITUDE OF ITALIAN GOVERN
MENT IS AWAITED WITH IN
TEREST
WASHINGTGON, March 23. (£>)—
An axpression from Italy on the Am
erical invitation to send unofficial ob
servers to the three-power Geneva
naval arms conference is awaited in
official circles. The attitude the
Italian government will take is de
sired in view of the now anticipated
reversal of opinion by the French gov
ernment, made only After both the
Paris and Rome governments had de
clined to sit in with an equal status
at the conference table with Great
Britain, Japan and the United States.
FEDERkL TROOPS DEFEAT
REBELS IN NICARAGUA
WASHINGTON, March 23. (IP)—
Federal troops have decisively de
feated the rebels in Muymuy, in the
most important battle of the Nicara
guan revolution. One hundred and
sixty rebels were slain and two ma
chine guns captured. The Federal
forces lost 80 men and General Man
Gad©, the rebel leader, is in flight.
FORD WINS SECOND
VICTORY IN COURT;
KUHN BURRED
SENATOR REED, ATTORNEY FOR
FORD; SAPIRO’S ' COUNSEL
SEEKS PIN LIBEL CHARGES
DETROIT, March 23. (jP)—Aaron
Sapiro took the floor as attorney in
his libel suit against Henry Ford and
read excerpts from articles in the
Dearborn Independent. He charges
that the statements were libelous.
There was no trace of the accent of
his former news boy’s voice.
DETROIT, March 23. (IP)—The at
tempt of counsel for Aaron Sapiro to
introduce a new paragraph in the
bill of complaint against Henry Ford
in his million dollar libel suit was
denied by the judge. The counsel j
asserted 'that the word “Jew” as1
used in the “Dearborn Independent,” J
Ford’s newspaper, was a term of
scorn.
In attacking the move of Sapiro’s j
counsel, Senator James Reed, of j
Missouri, who is handling the case
for Ford, said that the defense was,
not attacking the Jewish race. The j
prosecution then put Ford’s plea of i
justification under fire, accusing the
motor car manufacturer of failing to;
answer charges.
Ford’s articles accused Otto Kahn,j
Bernard Narusch, Albert A. Lasker
and Julius Rosenwald of helping
Sapiro, who accused Ford of saying
he was the agent of a number of
International bankers.
JEWS, KLANSMAN BARRED
DETROIT, Mich., March 23. (IP)—
Two Jews and one member of the
Ku Klux Klan were barred from the
jury which will try Henry Ford on
charges of libel brougnt by Aaron
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NTERIOR PLANE MAKES
SUCCESSFUL FLIGUT NOME
NOME, March 23. (/P)—Joe Crosson,
piloting a swallow plane, arrived in
Nome Monday from Fairbanks, mak
ing the trip in seven hours. He left
Tuesday noon for the return trip with
Alfred Lomen as a passenger. Cros
son planned to refuel at Ruby on the
return trip. Lomen is going to New
York on business.
“NEW ROXY” THEATRE IN
NEW YORK IS OPENED
NEW YORK, March 23. {IP)—'The
“New Roxy’> motion picture theatre,
owned by S. A. Rotafel, known to the
radio world as “Roxy,” opened last
night amid a blaze of glory cast by
electric lights and motion picture
stars. The theatre seats 6,200 people
and cost $10,000,000.
MIAMI, Fla., March 23. (IP)—'The
New York Giants lost a 4 to 3 con
test with the Boston Braves. Roger
Hornsby starred at bat and in -the
field for the Yankees.
CLEGHORN BEATS DIXON
SEATTLE, March 23. (£>)—Walter
Cleghorn of Seldovia battled a four
round decision from Young George
Dixon, the sensational Portland mid
dleweight.
BALKAN Will CLOUD
HIS BLOWN OVER
PROMPT ACTION OF ITALY PROB
ABLY PREVENTED DANGER
OUS DEVELOPMENTS
LONDON, March 23. (£>)—'The Brit
ish believe the latest Balkan war cloud
has blown over. Marquit Della Tor
retta, Italian ambassador, told Sir
Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secre
tary, that prompt action of Italy pre
vented dangerous developments be
tween Jugoslavia and Albania. Cham
berlain told the House of Commons he
felt that it was unnecessary to refer
the Balkan dispute to the League of
Nations.
FLEES FROM HOME
LONDON, March 23. (TP)—Marcella
Duggan, daughter of Lady Curzon, has
fled from her home following a quar
rel with her mother regarding her en
gage nv a young lawyer.
MERCHANT MARINE
GERMANY STARTLES
RAPID GROWTH OUTSTANDING
SYMBOL OF REMARKABLE*
COMEBACK OF GERMANY
BERLIN, March 23. (jP)—1The most
outstanding symbol of the German
comeback is the remarkable growth of
the German-shipping lines, especially
the Hamburg-American and the North
German Lloyd, as revealed by their
reports for the last year. Reduced
by the war to mere pigmies, which had
to lean on foreign aid, they have
again become giants of the shipping
trade and have entered upon an ex
pansion program which will restore
the fleets of both to pre-war size with
in a year.
HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH
HANGS SEIF IN HOME
NEW YORK, March 23. (JP)—John
S. Weyner, a 15-year-old sophomore at
the Alexander Hamilton High school
in Brooklyn, hung himself in his home.
His parents denied that the boy com
mitted suicide, but advanced the
theory that he was practicing tying
Boy Scout knots and accidentally fell
into a noose.
FORMER NOBLEMAN BEATEN
NEW YORK, March 23. (£>)—Prince
Michael Obonenski. former Russian
noble, now a $20 per week worker,
was beaten by a crowd of women,
when he verbally attacked the Jews
while walking on an East side street.
His deportation, as a public menace
has been demanded.
SUNNY POINT PLANT
HI KETCH IS
CANNERY AND WAREHOUSE VAL
UED AT QUARTER MILLION;
WILL BE REBUILT
KETCHIKAN, March 23. (£>)— Fire
starting at 3 o’clock this morning de
stroyed the Sunny Point Packing com
pany cannery and warehouse. The
estimated damage is a quarter of a
million dollars, which is covered by in
surance. The machinery and 15,000
cases of salmon were destroyed. The
fire was fought four hours. Its or
igin is unknown. Skinner & Eddy
of Seattle, owmers, announced that the
plant will be rebuilt immediately to
be ready for the coming season.
GANGLUND’S TRUCE
ENDS III CHICAGO;
RIVAL FACTIONS RECENTLY
SIGNED PEACE PACT—NOW
HUNT FOR TRAITOR
CHICAGO, March 23. (/P)—Gang
land’s truce has ended. Two hench
men of Joe Saltis, who recently signed
a peace pact with members of a rival
band of liquor gangsters, were slain
late last night wThen they were riddled
with machine gun bullets poured into
their automobile, while they wrere
driving up a West Side street. A
syaling earlier in the evening wras also
said by the police to have been caused
by the renewal of the gang -warfare.
GOVERNOR'STHREAT
HORSE RACING IN FLORIDA VIO
LATES ANTI-GAMBLING LAW
OF STATE
POMMANO, Fla., March 23. (£>)—
With the horses at the post for the
first race yesterday, the Pommano
track officials decided to abide by
Governor Martin’s order and not op
erate. At 3:15 p. m. the officials an
nounced there would be no racing Sat
urday as earlier in the day Governor
j Martin had threatened to fire the
sheriff and call out the State troops to
prevent the racing in violation of the
State anti-gambling laws. Up to post
time it appeared the races were to be
held and the plans were changed at
the last moment
MUCH WHALE OIL
SAN DIAGO, March 23. (£>)—Three
hundred finiback whales have been
caught off the Mexican and Califor
nia coasts since the opening of the
season. The catch so far this season
has produced 12,000 barrels of oil.