MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 268. SEWARD, ALASKA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER, 9, 1928.
PRICE TEN GENTS
HEW PROBLEMS
FACE PRESIDENT
ELECT IH SOUTH
HEU'ifHTS
I
HOOVER FINDS IT DIFFICULT
SUBMIT TO CONSTANT PER
SONAL GUARD
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STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Nov.
9, (TP)—The effect of the tidal
wave which swept him into the
Presidency finds Hoover confront
ing new problems quite apart from
those he must shoulder as Chief
Executive of the United States.
TTiese are of political character and
as head of his Party, decision as
to dealing with them, rests with
him
;t among them, is fu
^anization in Southern
^atrs involving an extensive ex
pansion and some realignments
south of the Mason-Dixon Line.
The President Elect has been ful
ly aware of the factors contribut
ing to the political revolution
down there.
THE REVOLUTION
which surprised him as much as
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however, latest returns show that
s»t least some of the States which
threw their electoral votes to him
the Republican trend extended in
to the Congressional field with the
election of candidates of his own
Party in districts which heretofor e
have been strongly Democratic.
ONF OF THE HIGH
hopes Hoover entertained during
the campaign was that sectional
laoes might be broken down and
consequently his friends look upon
it as only a natural consequence of j
election that he would take steps ]
to consolidate, as far as possible,
the ground that has been gained.
The division brought about
changes in the character of State
organizations and it is interpreted
that the work undertaken within
the limited time permitted during
the campaign, be extended. Just
how this will be done is for future
determination as the President
elect is keeping his mind free from
political problems as far as can be
during his period of rest and quitt.
THIS PERIOD NOT ONLY
** is one of rest but also of readjust
ments to another role that lias
•ome to him in an eventful career
which has taken him into many
lines of service at home and abroad.
Like most men who have been
■lected to the Presidency he finds
a little difficult to submit 1o tv
constant watch by secret service
agents all the time he is away from
home and to have hV r m
constantly under guard.
Houghton Defeated
For Senator So Will
Assume Former Job
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WASHINGTON, Nov., 9, (/P)--|
Alanson Houston was defeated for!
the Senatorshlp of New York. He
.said he would return to London as
Ambassador, sailing Wednesday, lie
made this annunncement after a
conference with President Coolidge.
Houston’s resignation was pre
sented shorcly after the nomination
and will become effective at txie
President’s pleasure. In view ol
Houston’s defeat President Coolidge
prevailed upon him to return to
London to complete his term.
Mother Concepcion
Sentenced To Serve
20 Years In Prison
SAN ANGEL, Mexico, Nov., j, (/P)
—A jury in the San Angel District
Court returned a guilty verdict in
the case of Toral and Nun Con cp
cion, the latter accused as the au
thor of the murder of President -
elect Obregon.
Sentence of death by a firing
squad for Toral and 20 years in pn
son for Mother Concepcion was the
sentences metted out. Defense At- '
torney Sodi announced he would
anpeal to the Supreme Court. A
crowd of 1,000 cheered the verdict.!
TOWN WHICH ONCE CONTAINED
POPULATION OF 10,000 NOW
MASS OF FLAMES
CATANIA, Sicily, Nov., 9, (/Pi
Devastating floods of molten lava
in three main streams are slowly
coursinp down the slopes and
spreading destruction driving the
terror-stricken population out of
towns at the base of the volcano
and from their homes.
Although the property damage is
heavy as the fertile fields are ruin
ed and several small villages en •
gulfed, the loss of life has been
small only three deaths being r r
porred, and these from the town of
Mascali where a father, his son,
and a grandson, were overwhelmed
while sleeping in their home.
Lava is threatening the railway
bridge and station at Mascali which
town was once the home of rO.'JOO
but now a mass of lava, flames and
wreckage.
FOUR VIRGINIA REPRESENTA
TIVES. SIX FOR OHIO. ARE
YET TO BE NAIYIFD
Special to the Gateway—Asso
ciated Press, Nov., 9, —Representa
tives elected were Douglas in Ari
zona; Eaton and Taylor in Colora
do: Green in Florida; French and
Smith in Idaho: Sproul, Sabath,
Reid, Rainey. Erwin, Arnold, Wil
liams and Denison in Illinois; Rov,
bottom, Canfield, Johnson, Ellioit,
Vestal, Purnell, Hogg and Hickey
in Indiana; Kopp. Letts, Robinson,
Haugen. Cole, Ramsever, DowtL,
Thurston, Swanson, in Iowa and
Craddock in Kentucky.
Fletchinger in Louisiana, Fo..s, :
Stobbs, Andrew, Underhill, Tink
ham. Luce, Wigglesworth and Gif
ford in Massachussctts; Hudson,
Cramton, Vincent. Woodruff, Ricn
ardson and McLeod in Michigan;
Cbristgau, Maas, Pitteuger and Se.
vig in Minnesota; Lawrence, Ellis,
Palmer, Cannon, and Kiefner m
Missouri.
Watson in New Hampshire; Mor
row in New Mexico; Brunner, Siro
vieh Bloom. Weller, Corning anu
Mead in New York; Abernetny,
Pou, Stedman, Clark, Doughtoi.
Jonas and Pritchard m North Car
olina; Fitzgerald. Humphrey, Chal
mers, Kearns Thompson and Bol
ton in Ohio; O’Connor in Oklaho
ma; Casey, MaGrady and Meng.s
in Pennsylvania.
Taylor, McReynolds Hull, Davis,
Bvrns Eslick, Browning, Cooper
and Fisher in Tennessee, Leather
wood in Utah; Moore in Virginia
and Carter in Wyoming.
All Senators and Representatives
have now been sent except four
Representatives for Virginia, six for
Ohio. These will be sent as soon
as possible.
Correction make Sloan, Republi
can of Nebraska, Representative in
stead of Norton.
Blazing Oil Well
Escapes Fire Lines
Ignites Tanks, Rigs
LOS ANGELES. Nov., 9, (JP)~
^laming more than 109 feet in tne
air a blazing gasper of the Bell
View Oil Syndicate well, escaped
the fire lines established by a large
force of men and ignated four stor
age tanks and 12 drilling rigs. Re
ports indicated the blaze is of a
more serious nature than that
which two months arro enveloped
the Jetty well and raged for 40
days.
IMPOSSIBLE FOE ANY BUT
LARGE VESSEL TO HAVE LIV
ED IN SEAS
HOQUIAM Nov., 9, UP)—A slap
presumed to have been a fishing
craft was reported in distress in
the heavy seas off Grays Harbor,
is believed by coast guardsmen co
have been swallowed up. The
number of her crew is unknown.
A coast guard boat returned 'o
Westport after battling great
breakers for two hours without
finding any trace of the craft in
the great rollers breaking across
the bar.
Coast guardsmen said it would
be virtually impossible for anything
but a large steamer to stand up
against the heavy surf and the 50
mile wind which drove a steady
rain before it The channel is deep
enough to swallow a fair-sized ship
and leave no trace until broken
bits are thrown on the bar.
FINEST LIGHTHOUSE IN WORLD BE MONUMENT
San Domingo (above) which Columbus founded andwhere he spent his happiest
days, is to erect a $4,000,000 lighthouse, to enclose his tomb (lower left), nowin
the Cathedral of Santo Domingo, and serve as a lasting monument to the discover
er. Designs for the memorial, including an airport site, have been received from
more than 1,200 architects throughout the world in a competition supervised by
the Pan American Union. At the upper right is part of Columbus’ house.
SENATE COMPOSED OF 55 G. O. T.
39 DEMOCRATS. ONE FAEM
ER-EABORITE
WASHINGTON, Nov., 9, (JP)—'The
final Congressional ..results have
been tabulated and although sever -
al recounts will be necessary be
cause of close votes in contests in
the House it has shown that the
next Congress will be made up as
follows:
Senate—50 Republicans and 50
Democrats, one Farmer Labor and
one vacancy.
House—269 Republicans, 165
Democrats and one Farmer-Labor.
The election to vacancies in the
present Congress and to fill unex
pired terms will give the following
lineup for the approaching short
session, the last of the present Con
cress :
Senate—Republicans 49. Demo
crats 43. Farmer-Labor one, vacant,
one.
House—Republicans 237, Demo
crats 195, Farmor-Labor, two; So
cialist, one.
IN THE SENATE
Republicans filled one of two va
cancies and captured Democratic
seats from the following States.
Deleware, Maryland, New Jersey.
Missouri, Ohio, Rhode Island and
West Virginia.
In the House the Republicans
won Democratic seats in the fol
lowing States: Missouri 7, Kentucky
six. Ohio three, Virginia three, New
York two, North Carolina two, Ne
braska two and one each in Colora
do. Illinois, Indiana, Maryland,
Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
IN ADDITION
the Republicans won the seat held
by the lone Socialist, Victor Berger
of Wisconsin and one of the two
Farmer-Labor seats from Minneso
to that was held by Carsa.
The total Republican gains were
33. Democrats in the House cap
tured Republican seats as follows:
one each in Indiana, Rhode Island
[and West Virgnia. The new Re
publican gain was 30.
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IIOTEO SEATTLE
WELL KNOWN IN NORTHERN
DOG TEAM CIRCLES; NOW
INVENTOR
SEATTLE, Nov.. 9. (/P)—After two
indictments had failed the Federal
Grand Jury (today brought in a
third True Bill against Calvin Ta
ber, coast guard radio expert in
this district, L. E. Meacham, former
Seattle shipbuilder and M. P. P. R is
once known throughout Alaska dog
team circles as the “Flying Dane,’*
now an inventor.
The three were charged with con
spiring to forge forms of official
government transportation requests
in the name of the Coast Guard
service and Meacham and Riis are
reported to have made a trip East
on such transportation. Taber is
said to have given them the papers.
Riis won attention here last year
with a proposal to handle the city's
garbage by a distillation process
making profitable by-products
without smell. He says a $100,000
plant is now operating under his
process at Great Neck, Long Island.