MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 195. SEWARD, ALASKA SATURDAY, December 22, 1928. PRICE TEN GENTS
JARDINE INDORSES MC NARY
BILL AND STARTS DRIVE
ENACTMENT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, (#>)—
Congress made short work of to
day’s session, both in the Senate
and the House, meeting briefly
as no important legislation was
up for consideration.
’’"'■‘—f A letter from Jardine to the
Chairman of. the McNary agricul
ture committee was received indors
ing tlie McNary Bill and started a
drive for its enactment of the
measure at this session.
McNary announced he would
assemble the committee to con
sider it during the holiday recess
or immediately after.
FOOTBALLER DIES
CORVALLIS, Ore., Dec. 22, (IP)—
Lanza Bryant, 20, slayer of Lewis
Dickerson, former Oregon State
star tackle, must face a first de
gree murder charge.
Dickerson died in the hospital
today. Bryant stabbed him five
times a few days ago as he was
escorting a Corvallis girl home. j
DIVORCE INCREASE
WASHINGTON Dec., 21, (&)— \
Statistics issued by the Department;
of Commerce show a decrease of
1880 in marriages and an increase ;
of 11,184 divorces in the United
States during the year 1927 as com- j
oared with 1926.
SPECIAL SESSION
WASHINGTON, Dec.. 21. (£>)—A
movement is underway in the House
of Representatives to have a spec
ial session of Congress called be -
tween April 5th and 10th to pass the
Hoover Farm Relief program and
Tariff revision.
Race Horses Fed
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Hay As “Tonic
RENO, Dec., 21, ■UP)— Each year
thousands of tons of Carson valley
hay are shipped to the east as an
exclusive feed for race horses. Ship
ments now are going to racing sta
bles in New York, New Orleans,
Kentucky, Florida and other places
n the east and south.
Racing experts say the Nevada
climate puts elements into the hay
that makes it more a tonic than
regii’a1’ feed.
SQUEALED, SHOT
NEW YORK, Dec., 21, (A3)—'The
yung couple who were slain outside
a bungalow on Long Island were
identified as Mr and Mrs. Soro
Graziano. The man was a member
of a nortorious gang and he and his
wife were shot as squealers.
*( FAILED TO DECLARE
NEW YORK, Pec., 21, (£>)—Ivlr.
nrd Mrs. Ralph Love of Chi vo
were obliged to leave their six
pieces c,f luggage on the pi?r wh'
customs officers for failure to de
clare $2,000 worth of jewelry and
wearing apparel. A penalty of
*<5400 aay be imposed.
THIEVES STOLE HIS
S TURKEYS: LOST PURSE
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TARA, Ont., Dec., 21, (JP)—The re
jcord price paid for turkeys during
the Christmas season or for that
[matter probably for any season is
held bv J Lowe, a farmer of this
[district. While searching around |
|his cnicken house for a trace of the j
[thieves who took his 12 turkeys, |
;Lowe found a purse containing $200. j
EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE IN HIS ,
ALASKAN GOLD MINE ON
ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
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In a rc M it. issue of t'H Billinas!
Gazette, published in Billings,!
Mont., the following story was pub
ished about an old “Sourdough”,
George W. Maddox, 92-year-old
prospector and rancher, sat in the :
home of a friend in Billings with an
expression of eagerness on his face
which would do justice to the most
ambitious youth of 22 years. He
was the jpersonification of a pleas
ant hope.
His happiness is the result of a
jtrip to the Aleutian Islands, Alaska,
vihere he was suxcoesful ir. locating
,the spot where he discovered a cold
vein 27 years ago. With his niece,
Clara Trepus of Otto, Wvo., who ac
companied him oh the trip started
18 months ago and completed this
week he found the spot and outain
ed samples which he will have as
>nved.
FUTURE ASSURED
i For 27 years since he first saw
i evidence of gold in that out of the j
i way piace on the chain of islands
Maddox had cherished the hope of
| some day returning and making a
| rich find. Now that he has made
i the trip and found the vein again,
I he feels that it is merelv a matter of
a few years before he will become a
millionaire.
Ever since he ran away from Lis
father’s farm in Wisconsin in the
spring of 1850 Maddox has been in
j.iuest of gold. His first prospecting
was in California and along the
'Rocky mountains. When the big
boom came to Nome, Alaska, in 1900
Maddok was among those who
rushed to the scene.
CHANCED UPON MINE
On his way to Nome he chanced
jto land on the Aleutian Islands
where he discoveied his gold vein.
Not having the means with which
i
he woe id line, he p ’•or-''--’
Nome.
After some time of unsuccessful
prospecting in that place he took
passage on a ship returning to the
United States with the intention of
stopping off on the Island again.
However, a smallpox epidemic broke
out on board the ship and although
he was not stricken with the d^asc
he was not allowed to land and was
taken directly to Seattle. Since re
turning he has lived in the North
west. He now has a ranch at Buf
falo Wyo.
Both Maddok and Miss Trepus
feel confident that the samples they
have brought back will p#ive tha«
there is much gold to be found lr.
the mine. They have no fears that
the location will be discovered by
others while they are gone. They
now are busily engaged in making
preparations for their return trip
to the Islands when the first pas
senger boat leaves from Seattle
next April.
SCHOONER CIUE
SEVEN ON 0010
BEPDHTEO LOST
STOIIMS MAY HAVE FORCED
FORCED VESSEL TO SEEK
SHELTER INLET
JUNEAU, Dec., 22, (/P)—The fish- r
ing schooner Cascade, with seven
men on board, is unreported to- ]
day and fears are felt for its safe- j
ty
The schooner left Cordova on |
December 15 and was scheduled
to call at Juneau and Ketchikan
enroute to Seattle. The Juneau
customs house has asked the Ad
miral Rogers to watch for the j
craft.
It is believed that storms may
have forced the ship to seek shel
ter in some inlet. The vessel is
owned by the Shuyak Packing Co.,
at Kodiak and was built in Seat
tle in 1917.
FRESH FROM IRELAND
NEW YORK, Dec., 22, (ZD
Con O’Kelly, fresh from Ireland,
| slugged his way to a draw with
Jimmy Maloney of Boston in a
! 10-round heavyweight battle.
A RESTFUL NIGIIT
LONDON Dec. 22, (.$>>—'The King
had a fairly restful night with no
'noticeable alteration in his condi
tion which is regarded as satisfac- j
! tory.
BY LOYAL TROOPS
LONDON, Dec., 22, UP)—'Troops,
loyal to King Amanullah of Afghan
istan, have taken the offensive and
advices told of defeats of rebels.
The Afghanis Legation to London
acknowledged the revolt was serious
and dispatches said a battle has
begun by loyal troops that attacked
Bagibala Hills which is held by Af
ghan rebels.
Military headquartery is confi
dent the insurgents will soon be
driven from their strong entrench
ments.
AT RIO JANEIRO
RIO JANEIRO, Dec. 21, UP)—'The
'battleship Utah, bearing Her belt
Hoover, entered the harbor at noon
[amid the saluting of land batteries,
war shins and sirens. Office work
lers ruHied to upper stories and 10
!roofs of buildings.
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RECOMMENDED MOVE
WASHINGTON, Dec., 21, (/P)—
The offices of the Alaska Railroad
will be moved to Chicago, on Janu
ary 15. General Manager Ohlson
recommended the move because of
fhe large portion of Alaska passen
ger and freight traffic which origi
nates in the middle west.
LARGE DONATION
ALBANY. Dec., 22 (A5)—Edward
g. Hardness .financier and philan
thropist, donated $250,000 to the Al
bany Medical College for endow
ment of graduate work.
63 MINERS TRAPPED
TOKYO, Dec. 31 (£>i—Sixty-three
miners were trapped in an explo
sion in the Sharutori mine neai
Kushiro on Yakzo Island. Fire fol
lowed and the fate of the miners is
'undetermined.
SIX NEW ISLANDS
!
[ HATTON, N. D., Dec. 22, (A5)—
Lieutenant Carl B. Eielson, chief
pilot of the Wilkins South Pole
expedition, in a radiogram to his
; father here, relayed from San
Francisco, reported the discovery
of six new islands while making a
1,200 mile flight in the South
Pole region.
APPROXIMATELY S70.000 WORTH
SHEEP. CATTT/E SLAUGH
TERED PAST 4 YEARS
Alaska milled flour from Fair
bank” many kinds of vegetables
from Matanuska, lamb, beef, butter,
cream, blueberries and salmon ber
ries from Kodiak graced tb« board
when members of the Kodiak Live
stock Association gathered for their
[first annual banquet on the even
ing of December 11th at Martin's
’•estaurant at Kodiak. The “Alaska
spread” was proceded first by the
annual business meeting for the
election of officers for the ensuing
year, constituting the permanent
roster for the next 12 months and
superceding the temporary officers
named when the association was
organized in the early fall. It is
not indicated that any change will
be made in those temporarily ap
pointed, consisting of Jack W. Mc
Cord, president; A. M. Gaudie, vice
president and H. S. Abbert, secre
tary-treasurer.
A complete turnout of the 20
members of the association with a
number of invited guests was pres
ent and a lively discussion took
Diace of the problems of livestock
versus bear on Kodiak Island, a
question that has long been of par
amount importance to the islandeis
and which was the real cause of
bringing the Kodiak Livestock As
sociation into being. It was this
coterm of earnest livestock men
who circulated a petition and se
cured 500 signers on Kodiak and
Afognak Islands asking the Alaska
Game Commission to declare an all
vear open season on bear with the
privilege of shipping the pelts out
of the country. It is very probaole
that the association will go before
the forth-coming session of the
Territorial Legislature and ask for
a bounty on Kodiak bear.
These drastic measures are called
j ror, according to prominent live
stock raisers because it has come to
a “show down” as to whether there
shall be a great and flourishing
live stock industry on this Archi
pelago or the bear shall be protect
ed for the edification of wealthy
sportsmen of the States. Sheep and
cattle and bear cannot dwell to
gether in peace and amity, they say,
and the livestock or the bear must
go. They point wrathfully to the
fact that in spite of all other ditii
culties they had to meet, they have
also had to face a loss of approxi- j
mately $70,000 in the past four j
years in sheep and cattle slaughter
ed by the bear. They say the con
ditions on these Islands are right
for stock in both climate and feed,
but the industry cannot survive if
the bear are not killed off. They,
also maintain that there are big!
bear in plenty on the adjacent
mainland to keep the hunters of
the effete East busy for many years
to come.
UK CONFESSED
KIEEED COUPLE
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SHOT HUSBAND THROUGH THE
WINDOW OF HOME; WIFE
DIED HOSPITAL
SHELTON, Wash., Dec. 22, (ZP)—
Arthur Schafer, logger, confessed
| murderer of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Kirk, was sentenced to hang. The
fury, nfter four hours deliberation,
recommended death.
Schafer slew Kirk on the night
of September 16 shooting him
through the kitchen window. The
wife was found next morning in
the forest nearby assaulted.
She accused Schafer before she
died in the hospital. Three chil
dren survive them.
ROME, Dec. 21, (JF)—Signor
Ohimirri, Rome agent for General
Motors fought a duel with Marquis
Medici, member of one of the oldest
Italian families. The dispute was
the outcome of a hotel scene where
Ohimini slaDped the Marquis’ face
for repeatedly dancing with the
ar.to agent’s attractive partner.
The Marquis was in hired in the
arm.
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CRISIS AVERTED
I SHANGHAI. Dec., 21. (A3)—A Na
tionalist Cabinet crisis was averted
when Dr. C. T. Wang Foreign Min
ister agreed to continue Japanesa
negotiations He resigned Saturday
as the result of anti-Japanees stu
dent demonstrations.
YANKEES WINNERS
NEW YORK, Dec., 21, (A5)—The
Yankees a professional football
teare won tne New York Citv cham
pionship, defeating tne Giants by a
score of 7 to 6.
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Musician Calls Jazz
A Fountain Of Youth
iJEKJLipj, uec. zi, (tr)—j. Hyl
ton of London, known as the “Jazz
King of Europe” has discovered the
secret of eternal youth. Arriving in
Berlin with his jazz orchestra for
an extended stay, he said:
“There is nothing that keeps a
fellow so eternally young as playing
in a jazz band. Jazz is an expres
sion of youth, of joy of bubbling
enthusiasm Anvbody who plays it
cannot help but keep young.
TAKES FEATURE EVENT
HAVANA, Dec 22, (/P)—W. R.
Coes IiMsiandra ran first from start
to finish in capturing the National
Highway nurse feature race on the
opening card at the Havana track.
A TOTAL WRECK
BELFAST Dec., 21, (/P)—The
American steamer Westotant went
ashore in Pangor Bay close to the
headquarters of the Ulster Yacht
Club. It is believed the vessel will
hecome a total wreck.
TO FIGHT SUIT
NEW YORK, Dec., 22, (/P)—Theo
dore Dreiser, American novelist, is
ireported preparing to defend the
Isuit threatened by Dorothy Thomp
son, wife of Sinclair Lewis, based
I'lpon the similitary of material In
itheir respective books on Soviet
Russia.