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SEWARD,
ALASKA
Seward
“CENTER of
EVERYTHING”
Gateway
COAST TERMINAL OF THE
ALASKA RAILROAD
DAILY AND WEEKLY
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TERMINAL FOR THREE OCEAN
GOING STEAMSHIP LINES
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 200.
SEWARD, ALASKA. TUESDAY, AUGUST, 27. 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
[ME RESERVE
JAPAN WILL NOT INTERVENE IN
CONFLICT BETWEEN RUSSIA
AND CHINA
LONDON. Aug., 26. (/P)—Mobili
zation of 120,000 troops, comprising
the entire reserve of the northeast
ern provinces, has been ordered by
Marshal Chang Hsueh Liang, gov
ernor of Manchuria, according to a
cable dispatch from Shanghai.
The order followed a report that
40.000 Russian Soviet troops sta
tioned at Iman, half way between
Yiadivostock and Harbarovski, had
invaded Chinese territory and are
moving steadily westward. The
invading force is said to have oc
cupied Mishan, a town northwest
of Lake Hanka, and Chinese forces
in this vicinity are falling back for
a distance of some eight of 10 miles.
Increasing military activity on
the part of the Chinese was report
ed from several other sources.
Fifty thousand troops started
northward from Mukden, while an
other column from the province of
Kirin was dispatched smultaneous
]y via Changkhun, along the Chin
ese Eastern Rayw§y, it was offi -
daily announced from Peking.
A Tokio dispatch to the Daily
Mail in London says Japan will not
intervene in the conflict between
Russia and Chint unless her inter
ests in south Manchuria become
endangered.
SUN THOLLER IS
TON INTO CUSTODY
HIM FISHING GHRRGE
VANCOUVER. B. C., Aug., 27, UP)
—Charged with fishing within the
Three mile limit off Pachena Point,
west coast of Vancouver Island, the
American salmon troller “Olympus
of Seattle” was taken into custody
by the Fisheries Patrol boat “Giv
enchy”, and was reported Monday
to Major J. W. Motherwell, super
visor of fisheries.
The vessel’s owners, John Fel
oness and James Trayosis, handed
the vessel over to the customs offi
cers and are awaiting orders from
the Department of Marine Fisher
ies. The usual procedure will mean
prosecution charges by the Admir
alty court.
FAMOUS ACTOR DEAD
MILAN, Aug., 27, OR)—Enrico
Reinbach, 78, famous actor and
former leading man for Eleonora
Duse, is dead.
ANOTHER COMBINE
NEW YORK, Aug., 26. UP) —
The Colonial Air Transport Co.,
nad the Western Union are com
bining in an air and messenger
package express service between
New York and Boston whereby
packages can be sent from the
consignor to the consignee in
four hours.
BRITAIN COMPENSATED
THE HAGUE, Aug., 26., (/P)—
! Financial experts representing
i Great Britain, France, Belguim,
| Italy and Japan will begin figur
ing out just how Britain is com
pensated under the Young plan
for tangible sacrifices she makes.
It is expected their deliberations
will drag out for the entire week.
jZEP 1 LIST LEG
WORLD FLIGHT
L. IULKEH1ST
—
SLIGHT DAMAGE TO RUDDER
i SUSTAINED AS IT SCRAPED
WIRES AT TAKE-OFF
LOS ANGELES, Aug., 27, (JP)'—
The Graf Zeppelin got uhder way
at 12:14 a. m. on the last leg of its
round-the- world cruise from Los
Angeles to Lakehurst, N. J.
Slight damage to the rudder fail
ed to effect the flight as the huge
ship continued across America. The
tail of the Graf had scraped high
tension electric wires as she took
off after failing to gain sufficient
altitude. The accident caused a
i slight change in the course.
; The dirigible is heading south
ward along the coast into Mexico
before turning eastward and cross
ing the mountain ranges. Reports
jfrom points along the route’ indi
cated that the ship is flying low
jand at a speed of between 50 and
170 miles an hour.
JERUSALEM 1;
! Mimas
HOSTILITIES REPORTED BE
YOND PALESTINE; FRENCH
SEND TROOPS
S JERUSALEM, Aug., 27, (/P)—'The
iJewish dead after four days of war
fare with Arabs numbered over 100;
15 of whom were American stu
dents at the Rabbinical colleke at
Herbron. The Arab dead is thought
;to be in the hundreds and many
are suffering from wounds.
j Southern Palestine is momentar
ily quiet but a new outbreak is re
ported in the northwestern section
|particularly near Haifa. The gov
ernment began to disarm the Jews
but understood the Arabs were get
ting supplies from tra-ns-Jordania
British soldiers enroute from war
ships anchored at Jeffa.
Considerable looting occured and
Arab atrocities at Mozza are re
ported. Many Christians have their
i houses marked with blue crosses,
indicating that neither Jews or
'Arabs are quartered there. There
i is a scarcity of medical supplies
jand food prices have reached fam
ine levels. A fund has been started
to maintain refugees flocking in
from all parts of the Holy Land.
Hostilities are reported to have
spread beyond Palestine and
French authorities have sent a
I large detachment of troops to pro
tect the Jewish quarter in Damas
cus.
FORMER ALASKAN DEAD,
SEATTLE, Aug., 27, (A*)—Burton
E. Bennett, 67, and former U. S. At
torney of Alaska, died here Mon
day. The funeral services will be
held here Thursday.
TIIOLEII VESSEL
“KITHE1E 0" IS
Hi
VIRTUALLY NEW VESSEL JUST
LAUNCHED THIS YEAR; ON
FIRST FISHING TRIP
■ ' . •
| SEATTLE, Aug., 27, (/P)—The
Seattle sa^on trolling vessel
“Katherine D”, seized off Rose Spit,
Dixon Entrance, on a charge of il
legal fishing in Canadian waters,
will be sold by the government at
Prince Rupert next Saturday. Wil
bur E. Dow Co., custom house
brokers, advised on Monday that
the company would have a repre
jsentative at the sale.
The forfeiture of the vessel and
equipment was ordered by Justice
Martin of the Admiralty court in
'Victoria on July 19. The court re
ported Monday that the Crown will
'appeal the cases it lost with the re
lease of the “Tacoma”, “Jeanette”,
j “May”, and “Mary Fisher”. If this
I is so the owners will have the fight
; all over again.
I The “Katherine D” was owned by
ICapt. Ludwig Thormodsater of
Seattle. She was virtually a new
vessel, having been launched on
April 27 of this year and was on her
first fishing trip when seized.
SWIFTEST PLANES OF FOUR NATIONS
SEEK SCHNEIDER RACE LAURELS
The U. S. Navy plane built for Lieut. A1 Williams (upper right)
in the Sshneider seaplane trophy races September 617 has a speed
indicator (inset) that will show a speed of 420 miles an hour if he
can make that much. The British Napier Super-Marine (upper left)
won the race last year. The trophy is at lower right: the man of the
course at lower left.
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hope join
j iFTER HITE DEBATE
FOUR POW/ER OFFER
PROTOCOL TO BE SIGNED BY
ALT* NATIONS PARTICIPAT
ING IN CONFERENCE
THE HAGUE, Aug., 26, (/p)_All
hopes of saving the reparations
conference were virtually abandon
ed when treasury experts, after a
night of debate, reported they were
| utterly unable to agree on the value
| of the four-power offer.
Experts from each nation insist
ed on entirely different figures.
Premier Briand of France and
Philip Snowden, British Chancellor
jof Exchequer, held another confer
ence later in the day but it was
ilearned their interview showed the
British tha-t the French viewpoints
i on the question of distribution of
reparations annuities are unaccep
table to Great Britain.
The German delegation is ex
pected as a last resort to propose a
protocol to be signed by all the na
tions participating in the confer
ence in which Germany and the
former Allies would proclaim ad
herence to the Young plan.
C. FUNS IS FOUND
I GUILTY OF liHfl
NOME COURT SESSION
—
j NOME, Aug., 27, (/P)—The jury in
[the Frank Sparrow murder case
| which has occupied all the past
; two weeks, brot in a verdict of
1 guilty in first degree with no ca
j pital punishment recommended,
; Sunday morning, against Charles
I Frank, defendent.
The trial was held in the District
court at Nome with Judge G. J.
Lomen on the bench. District At
torney Hart was the prosecutor and
Ira D. Orton, O. D. Cochran and
[Hugh O’Neill were the council.
NEW AIRWAYS INTO
REMOTE NORTH REEION
DAWSON CITY, Aug., 27, (JP)—
The Western Canada Airways mon
oplane which is testing a possible
route into remote sections of the
dominion, arrived here Sunday
night after a non-stop flight of 860
miles from Aklavik to the mouth
of the Mackenzie river.
The ship is piloted by E. W. Brin
tell and covered the distance in six
hours and 45 minutes, traveling
via McDougal Pass and down the
Porcupine and the Yukon rivers
There were four in the plane be
sides the pilot.
MODIFICATION RATES
WASHINGTON, Aug., 27, (£>)—
Modifications of the Reed domestic
aluation plan of Gibson tariff
ates was adopted as part of the
ew tariff bill by repulbicans of
he senate finance committee.