MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 51.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
TWO SURPRISE APPOINTMENTS ;
HAVE NOT YET BEEN AN
NOUNCED
WASHINGTON, March 1, (/P)—
Hoover’s expected Cabinet mem
bers to date are James Davis,
Secretary of Labor; Henry Stim
son, Secretary of State; Andrew
Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury;
James Good, Secretary of War;
William Mitchell, Attorney Gen
eral; Walter Brown, Postmaster
General; Charles Adams, Secre
tary of the Navy; Dr, Ray Lyman
"Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior.
The two other surprise appoint
ments for the posts of Secretary
of Commerce and Secretary of
Agriculture, are still unannounced.
SENATE PASSED SECOND ©EF
FICIENCY BILL CARRYING
EXTRA DRY SUM
WASHINGTON, March 1, (JP)—
The dry array marched roughshod
over the wets and the House pass
ed the Jones Bill increasing the
proposed violation penalties by a
vote of 233 to 90.
The Bill was then rent to Pres
ident Coolidge. With the Republi
can drys leading the prohibition
ists blocked every effort to change
the law.
Meanwhile the Senate passed
the second defficiency supply bill
carying $2,700,000 the President
recommended for enforcement and
revived the proposed $24,000,000.
THE IITEH STATES
WASHINGTON, Mar., 1, UP)—In
r.i-'e Senate last veek Senator Norris
of Nebraska made a comparison ol
electric light bills from Niagara
rills. N Y. and Niagara Falls. Can
- ia, i art across the river.
On i'he American side a house
vife paid $B 46 for 256 kilowatts oi
,-jowt" supplied ty a private com
pany.
On 4 he Canadian side a house
Wife paid $3.28 for the same
amount of pewer from the Govern
ment Hydro.
The power supplied to both cities
Senator Norris pointed out. was
“genera ted from the sam eriver,
the same service, the same Niagara
Falls ”
“The high profits of the United
States companies explain why the
power companies in this country
can spend literally millions for pro
paganda.” said Norris
A 310-YEAR-OLD BIBLE
BUKGHILL, Ohio, March 1, (/P)
—A Bible 310 years old, printed in
England and brought to America
in William Penn’s party, is owned
by Dallas W. Beach.The book has
wooden covers and brass bindings.
MINE SHOWS PROFIT
NEW YORK, March 1, (/P)
Against a deficit of $131,788 in 1921
the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining
Company’s statement in 1928 re
vealed a net profit of $781,106.
OR BRITISH
VESSEL TOOK ON CARGO A7
SEATTLE ENROUTE TO
SOUTH AMERICA
BUENA VENTURA, Colombia
March 1, (IP)—A severe explosioi
occurred yesterday afternoon oi
board the British steamer Tritonk
in whose cargo were 200 boxes o
dynamite.
The force of the blast disrupte<
cable and telegraph communica
tion and did other harbor damage
Two men were killed and piece
of the vessel were hurled over :
wdde area among buildings.
The Tritonia was loaded in Seat
tie as an extra cargo carrier ti
the west coast of South America.
STONE MOUNTAIN, Georgia
March 1, (Ah—An air compresso
in the Stone Mountain Grarut
corporation quarries exploded a
the men were leaving work killini
seven and seriously injuring ter
The compressor, 3 x 15 feet, hurlei
steel among the workers passim
through the timekeeper’s office.
WLWison
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| SHORELINE SINKS IN PLACES
TWELVE FEET BELOW THE
SEA
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| TOKYO, March 1, '(A3)—Dispatch -
i es to newspapers here Said a tre
! mendous amount of damage was
'! wrought by tidal waves along the
| coast near Choshi, on the Isle of
| Japan.
Entire villages were destroyed
,! when the coast line caved in for
! i many miles burying villages to a
11 depth of 12 feet in water and mud.
t The number of casualties is un
: known but it will be large.
Earthquakes, typhoons, tidal
[ | waves and disastrous fires has fre
. quentiy been the lot of Japan in
. recent years. The last serious, ty
; phoon and tidal wave being in
l September, 1927, when 600 persons
j were killed and many drowned in
. 1 the onrush of water.
j LITHE OF PUBLIC TROUGH
| SHENANDOAH, la., March 1, (/Pi
i—A deputy sheriff is an envied
! man in Shenandoah. When a dep
i uty resigned here the other day
|: 13 men applied for his job.
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A MIGHTY NIMROD
V ORLAND. Cal., March 1, i/P>—
, Professional hunters in California
r have a keen rival in Alien T.
i Moore, wealthy landowner and
3 sheep raised whoso avocation is
> carrying on war against predatory
• animals. In the past few years he
1 has bagged 150 mountain lions and
; 2,000 coyyotes, a record compara
ble to any made by paid hunters.
CLEGHOKN WINS BOUT
GREAT FALLS, Mont., March 1,
(/P)—Walter Cleghorn of Seldovia,
Alaska, won a decision over George '
Gilstrap of Great Falls in a 10
rounder. Neither man landed a
damaging blow.
COUPLE OF MILLIONS DIFFER
ENCE MONEY SPENT G. O.
P„ AND DEMO’S
WASHINGTON, March 1, UP)—
The national political campaign
cost $16,500,000 exclusive of dis
trict and smaller organizations,
the Senate Campaign Funds Com
mittee.
The committee reported the
Republican expenditures were
nearly $9,500,000 and the Demo
crats over $7,000,000.
The National Committees spent
the most of these amounts.
LONDON, Mar., 1. UP)—A lovers
>ane • ’ T on don where voung folks
m”' ’’ ve leisure and privacy for
courting is urged by the Rev. J.
..•d- zrt Islington cl. r rvman.
Tb" curs-' of the crowd is the
i ■ m ince. he said in plead
: ■ tcruse of the c't"'s youth.
'• edon fog. so generally ana
violently execrated, is the only
friend of vouthfnl Londoners in
'heir c. n.ting. the minister said.
LINE OF MARCH FOR INAUGURAL PROCESSION
toil*
Pennsylvania avenue;, .
brilliant iruiuv-urrl precession of President-elect Herbert
Hoover will pass on its way to the capital building.
COOLIDGE NOMINATES WILBUR
U. S. CIRCUIT JUDGE FOR
NINTH CIRCUIT
WASHINGTON, March 1, (/P)—
President Coolidge nominated Sec
retary of the Navy W'ilbur to be
United States Circuit Judge for
the Ninth Circuit.
The retirement of the Secretary
will make it possible for Dr. Ray
Wilbur to become Secretary of the
Interior without there being two
brothers in the Cabinet.
Secretary Wilbur was formerly
Justice of the Supreme Court of
California.
MM COMBIT
SITUATION SERIOUS ENOUGH
TO SEND ADDITIONAL PO
LICE FORCES
NAIF OBT, East Africa, March 1.
i Vi—series of murders has
■1 row! t one part of Kenya Colony
into disorder. They are believed
re ha vr arisen out of the old native
superstition that the young war
rior cannot enter manhood until he
->ns blooded his spear.”
The billings followed a celebra
ion of religious rites of young men
of the Masai tribe. Disturbances
usual'v arise after these observ
ances, and the recent one was the
.argest in the history of this tribe.
The situation is serious enough to
■.dure the Governor to proclaim a
certain area of Masai province ' a
r. au-'bed area”, end to send in ad
ditional police forces.
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AVERAGING 54 YEARS
WASHINGTON, Mar., 1,
Ehe average age of American pres
idents at the time of their inaugu
ration is 54 7-30 years.
Herbert Hoover, taking office at 55
years of age, almost exactly hits an
average.
Theodore Roosevelt was the
youngest president, having been in -
augurs'ted at 42 years of age. Har
rison. taking office at 68, was th..
oldest.
Washington was 57 when he war
maugurated. So were Jefferson,
Madison and John Quincy Adams.
Mr. Cccidge was 51.
Grant, Polk, Pierce, Garfield,
Cleveland and Roosevelt were the
American proficients who took oi
Uee under the age of 50.
REPTILE TANNERS BUSY
MANILA, March 1, (JP)—Tanning
of reptile skins is a growing in
dustry in the Philippines. Tanning
companies are enlarging their
staffs and plants and increasing
production to meet demands of
both export and tourist trade. One
local firm is producing a necktie of
a beautifully marked reptile found
on a southern island.