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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 242.
• SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
GAMBLERS DEVELOPED
U. S„ STATES JUDGE
COlflEWTI, RAIDS
“WE ARE ENJOYING THIS GLORI
OUS COUNTRY DUE PIONEERS
TAKING CHANCE
SALJDA, Cofo., Nov. 4. (£>)—In
commenting on the recent gambling
raids, Judge Newitt, judge of the
county court, declared that we were
all gamblers. That this iis a nation
of gamblers and that without the
gambling spirit, we would be a na
tion of drones.
“When a man opens up a business
he is taking a gamble. If he loses,
not only he but the family suffers.”
The judge declared he is not in
sympathy with reformers, nor those
who would change human nature.
“God created the laws of nature and
for some men to attempt to change
what the Almighty has established
is tryirg to do something that can’t
be done.”
"We must have laws to punish and
regulate offenders.That is necessary.
We must have courts. They are ne
cessary.”
“The only good reformers can pos
sibly do is . to draw attention to con
ditions and those more serious mind
ed will hesitate and listen.”
“God created the laws of nature,
and He also created human inclina
tions, and for man to attempt to
change these, he is attempting the
ridiculous.”
The judge frequently referred to
his old professoT in Harvard, from
where he graduated many years ago,
quoting many familiar quotations re
lating to reformation.
“The men who established this
country,” he declared, “were just the
same as we. Yes, they were human
as we are. They were not superior
beings, but they were fighters and
they were gamblers and if they were
not, we would not have this glorious
country we are enjoying today.”
SENE THEY DENIES
ENBAGED TO MARRY
NEW YORK, Nov. 4. (/P)—Following
denial from other sources that Gene
Tunney was engaged to marry Miss
Parmelea Pryor, of Greenwich, Con
necticut, the world’s champion himself
came through with emphatic confir
mation. He does not intend to en
gage himself while he is world’s cham
pion heavyweight prize fighter, and
he intends to stay champion about
five years, he said.
EDITORIAL GREETING
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 4. (/P)—Ambas
sador Dwight Morrow, American Am
bassador to Mexico who arrived, was
welcomed by an editorial in the Uni
versal in which a rapid ending of the
dispute between Mexico and the Unit
ed States was foreseen.
MUCH PUTIN SHOVELED1
DAILY GOOD NEWS BAY
DURING PAST SEASON
AKIAN, Nov. 4. (/P)—Two hundred
dollars in platinum was ©hoveled
daily the past season in Goodnews
bay reported Gaston Sinclair, pros
pector. Prospectors from Goodnews
bay last spring are greatly elated over
the find over which, though unspec
tacular, was marked by the steady
progress of prospectors who were
lucky all through the summer.
JANUARY 16 FIXED
FDD RETRIAL FALL,
Sill OIL CASE
NEW SUBPOENAS MUST BE SERV.
ED; COURT IS DISAPPOINTED
AT DATE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. (ff)—Jus
tice Siddons fixed January 16 as the
date for the new Fall-Sinclair trial.
The special government counsel
suggested the date and the court ex
pressed some disappointment that the
retrial could not begin within a few
days. The Justice said he realized
the difficulties the government would
have issuing new subpoenas for wit
nesses 'which w*as described by former
Senator Pomerence as spreading all
the way from Honolulu, to France,
and from Texas to Canada.
POSTPONED INDEFINITELY
NEW YORK, Nov. 4. (£>)—Mrs.
Grayson’s flight to Denmark has been
indefinitely postponed. She declined
to say how long the postponement
meant by indefinite but she did ac
knowledge she had dropped negotia
tions with Brent Balchen, co-pilot in
|the Byrd flight.
TEN YEARS TODAY
FUST 0. S. SOLDIERS
KILLED IN FRANCE
EPISODE RECALLED BY GENERAL
BORDEAUX IN COMMAND OF
DIVISION
PARIS, Nov. 4. (/P)—Ten years ago,
on November 4, the first American
France. They fell under the enemy .
soldiers were killed in action in
fire when three men, of the 16th In- |
fantry, met their death that night '
when a raiding party of Germans were
sent over into the front line trenches
in Lorraine.
The episode was recalled in a long
article published in Le Temps by Gen
eral Bordeaux who commanded the
French division to which the Ameri
can First division was attached at that
time.
OLDTIMER REPORTS 1
ACTIVITIES OF DETROIT
MIND GO.. BETTIES
I
WILL DRILL AND SINK ON LOWER
HAMMOND RIVER DURING
WINfER
TANANA, Nov. 4. (/P)— Ben Sir, old- 1
time placer miner in the Wild Creek
section in the upper Koyukuk, arrived
at Tanana being 10 days on the trail
from Betties.
He reports an average six inches of
j
snow from the Eklutna south to the
Yukon and reports the Detroit Mining
| Co., will drill and sink on lower
Hammond river during the winter be
ginning on No. 1 below on the old
Discovery.
r The Barrier’
mrnmmiimMM&M
DEATH TOLL INCREASES
IN BOAT DISASTER IN
HARBOR OF SYDNEY
SYDNEY, Australia, Nov. 4. (IP)—
The number of bodies which were
covered f^om the -wreckage of the fer
ryboat Greycliffe which was crushed
in a collision with the liner Tahiti
reached 36. It i3 feared the total
will be at least 45. Divers reported
that the women’s cabins, which are ex
pected to contain a number of bodies,
could not be reached before tonight.
SEATTLE MINING CLUB
TO URGE CONGRESS
REPEAL STAMP TAX
MOST OF STOCK IS HELD FOR IN.
CREASED VALUE NOT FOR
DIVIDENDS
SEATTLE, Nov. 4. (£*)—'The Seat
tle Mining Club urged Congress to
repeal the stamp tax on mining stock
holding as an unfair burden because
it is an assessment against the par
value rather than against the real
value.
Mining men contend most of the
stock held is for increased value rath
er than for immediate dividends and
because of this the holder pays the
same rate of tax on par stock of small
real value as he would where the real
value was great.
RETAINS TITLE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. (/P)—Leo
Diegel, of Fenimore Club, New York,
retained his Middle Atlantic cham
pionship by defeating Fred MacLeod
by one stroke in 18-hole play-off of a
tie. Diegel had 75 and MacLeod 76.
CHEMICAL TRUST ACT
MUST BE AMENDED
DECRARE OFFICIALS
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
TO LAUNCH CAMPAIGN IN
NEXT CONGRESS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.(/P)—Ameri
ican leaders of industries maintain
that unless the bands of the trust act
are snapped, the United States chem
ical industry will soon be deprived of
its foreign trade in chemicals and
will be forced to fight European trust
for control of domestic markets. The
Department of Commerce has declar
ed its intention of launching a cam
paign to have Congress amend the
Sherman Anti-Trust act to permit the
formations of combinations which will
be cable to effectively compete in
European fields.
ICE" CLAIMS TITLE
EROM JOE DUNDEE
TAILED SHOW. BOUT
SPECTATORS STAGE RIOT WHEN
WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION
FAILS THEM
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 4. (/P)—1The
scheduled fight between Joe Dundee,
welterweight champion, and Ace Hud
kins, turned out to be a no fight last
night but a riot among the spectators
when Dundee failed to make his ap
pearance. When the promoter failed
to put up his alleged $60,000 guarantee
Hudkins claimed the title from the
ring. The announcer made it known
the bout had been called a no contest
by the commission after 17,000 fans
had waited one hour and one-half.
They vented their wrath by smash
ing ringside seats and were quelled
only after a riobcall brought addition
al police. Some fans took measures
to protect their price of admission by
strutting from the field loaded with
folding chairs.
The commission declared a $60,000
surovy bond pioteciad the ticket ho.
ers. Reserved seat spectators paid
$3.30 to $11.00 for pasteboards.
Sports writers questioned the pos
sibility of making a refund when the
general admission ticket buyers hold
no stubs. They paid $2.20.
LUMBER SCHOONER IS
EXPECTED BE TOTAL
WRECK OH BOCKS
CAPTAIN AND MATE, LAST MEM
BERS ON BOARD, FINALLY
QUIT VESSEL
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 4. (/P)—'The
lumber schooner “Coos Bay” is believ
ed to be a total wreck on the rugged
rocks near Lands End just outside the
Golden Gate here. The Captain and
Mate were brought safely ashore com
pleting the transfer to shore of the
! crew of 35. The vessel struck the
rocks while attempting .to get to sea
in a heavy fog. The crew stood by
the ship throughout the night though
| coast guard boats were standing by
most of the time. All but the Captain
and the Mate were taken off during
the week, part of them in a breeches
buoy, rigged to shore and the remain
der by small boats. An inspection of
the vessel indicated it is beyond hopes
of salvage. The bottom has been torn
out, the vessel is working badly and
there is reason to believe it may break
in the middle.
LONG QUAKE FELT
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 4. (JP)—An
earthquake of a considerable duration,
but moderate in its intensity, was
felt along the coast from Santa Maria
to Santa Barbara at 5:55 o’clock this
morning. Some damage is reported.