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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 83.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1928.
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FIVE GREAT POWERS NEGOTI AT- j
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ING; U. S., GREAT BRITAIN, !
GERMANY, ITALY JAPAN
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WASHINGTON, April 9. (^—Sec
retary of State Kellogg, Saturday ex.
tended his proposal for outlawing of
all war to Great Britain, Italy, Ger
many and Japan, thereby making ne
gotiations multilateral in fact as well
« as in name.
Following a conversation with Paul
Claudel, French Ambassador, Kellogg
obtained his concent to immediate
submission of the entire correspond
ence between France and the United
^ States on the topic to the other four
great powers, "For consideration and
comment of these other powers.”
At the same time Secretary Kellogg
made it clear that dispatches from
Prance, stating that he had accepted
aH French reservations to the propos
ed treaty, were, erro.nous. The United
States, he said has not conceded that
the considerations advanced by France
necessitate any modification of the
plain formula to renounce war with
out qualifications of any sort.
; . fflJOA ELLIOTT TO
REMAIN IN SEWARD
WEEK, IN CONFERENCE
To discuss the project of control of
the flood waters of Lowell Creek, Maj
or Malcolm Elliott, President of the
Alaaka Road Commission, arrived in
Reward yesterday from his headquar
ters at Juneau.
Appropriations amounting to $125,
000 have already been made for the
local project, $100,000 of which was
included in the War Department ap
propriation for the coining year; $10,
000 was appropriated by the Territor
ial Legislature; and $15,000 has been
raised by the City of Seward, making
the total of $125,000.
Yesterday afternoon Major Elliott
was in conference with Mayor Hay
and members of the City Council a*
vhich time he pointed out he was
not in Seward solely from an engin
eering viewpoint but also from the
point of wishing to obtain the views
ci the citizens of the city regarding
construction proposals. He is ac
quiescent to leave the matter entire
ly up to the inhabitants of Seward in.
0' so-far their plans conform to of
ficial procedure.
Major Elliott will remain in the
city throughout the week by which
time he will definitely arrive at a
decision and authorize starting of
work on the project. He departs next
^ Saturday for his headquarters.
COMPROMISE BILL
WASHINGTON, April 9, (/P)—1The
House Merchant Marine Committee
approved to compromise the Jones
White shipping bill, designed to stim
ulate private ownership of an Amer
ican merchant marine.
FOR PRESIDENT
FIRST TIME HE HAS EVER GIVEN
ENDORSEMENT; DECLARES
NAVY OFFICIAL
OMAHA, Neb., April 9. (JP)—Secre
tary of the Navy, Wilbur, yesterday
announced that he endorsed Herbert
Hoover as the Republican party’s pre
sidential candidate. “This is the first
time I ever gave endorsement,” said
Wilbur. Meanwhile a drive by the corn
belt Republicans, to prevent the no
mination of Hoover, has begun in
full swing. Congressman Dickerson
of Iowa, in a statement, declared if
the Democrats nominated Smith and
the Republicans Hoover, then Smith
would defeat Hoover by 327 electoral
votes to 204. He said Smith would
carry 10 Mid-West states against
Hoover that might be saved by the
Republicans if they would nominate
former Governor Lowden.
DIES m CORDOVA
CORDOVA, April 9, (JP)~Living
joist long enough to realize his dream
of seeing Alaska, Carl M. Groom, an
assayist and geologist of Butte, Mont.,
died five minutes after the boat, which
brought him North, arrived here. His
death was caused from chronic mal
1 nutrition.
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SINCLAIR FEELS
CONFIDENT TIL
END IN ACQUITAL
ATTORNEY DRAW HEAVILY UPON
DEPOSITION GIVEN BY FALL
AT EL PASO
WASHINGTON, April 9. <^P)—Still
expressing confidence of acquittal Sin
; clair came jauntily in tlie District of
! Golubmia Supreme Court to face one
or more charges that he conspired,
with Fall, to defraud the Government
in the Teapot Dome lease.
Sinclair was accompanied by his
wife and mother and faced the trial
alone this time.
The case against Fall has been post
poned because Fall is ill. His attor
neys will draw heavily on the deposi
tion given by Fall at El Paso in an ef
fort to free their client.
NEW SU FOR
CHICAGO; “SflY IT
WITH A BOMB"
OFFICIALS SAY PRIMARY WILL
NOT BE MARKED BY RIOTS,
WHOLESALE MURDER
CHICAGO, April 9. (;p)—“Say it
with bombs”. That 1s the slogan with '
which forces within the Republican |
party in Chicago hope to defeat thej
machine controlled by Mayor Thomp- j
son who is proud of the title “Big; Bill |
The Builder,” conferred on him by his j
followers.
j Machine guns and “pineapples” may'
decide at the primary who is going to
harvest the returns from booze and
gambling in Cook county, The cam
paign wil end on the day the party |
primaries for the selection of candi
dates for public office in the election
of November and for choosing dele
gates for the convention of the two
major parties.
J Mayor Thompson’s slogan is “Ameri
ca First”. His difiance of KK r George
and the world wide attention attract
ed by the many bombings and the
gangster wars have given an interna
tional aspect to the political campaign. *
Senator Charles Deneen, whose home 1
i
was bombed recently," is leader of the I
i
faction which is fighting Thompson’s
machine.
Governor Len Small *3 Thompson’s i
co-fighter and unlike Thompson, who*
holds over in the office of mayor, ie
seeking renomination for a third term, i
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' While Chicago officials say the elec- j
lion will not be marked by riots, j
wholesale murder is predicted by,
many others. Heavy police guards1
are planned to prevent bloodshed and
block election frauds. I
Col. J. D. L. Hartman, head of the
Washington Alaska Military Cable
and Telegraph System, and who ar
rived in Sew-ard yesterday, completed
Irs inspection of the local Signal
Corps facilities and left today for
♦he Fairbanks station.
Cant. Ralph R. Guthrie said that
the Colonel appeared not to be dis
| pleased with .his inspection,
i Colonel Hartman will return to
| Seward Saturday and will sail South
I on the S. S. Aleutian.
REDS BUSY IN CHINA
HONGKONG, April 9, (JP)—Fresh
outbreak of the Reds in the vicinity
of Swatow was reported by reliable
authority. Communists have captur
ed Jullai, only 30 miles from Swatow,
the report says.
EXPECTED HOP OFF TODAY
BALDONNEL, Ireland, April 9. (/P)
— Unfavorable weather conditions
kept the Junker plane “Breman” on
the ground Saturday. Hop-off was ex
pected today.
COLD WEATHER
SPOILS EASTER
FOR EASTERNERS
FOUR DROWN; ENGINE AND BAG
GAGE CAR DROP THROUGH
QUEBEC BRIDGE
NEW YORK, April 9. (&)—Cold
weather checked Easter floods in
northern New York, Vermont, New
Hampshire and in the Provinces of
Ontario and Quebec.
High temperatures, which melted
the snow, started ice down rivers and
heavy rains, over the week-end, sent
many streams out of their banks dis
rupting rail and traffic communication
system.
Two men were killed when the rag
ing Chaudiere River sw^pt a wagon
off a bridge at Quebec. Two mem
bers of the Canadian National railway
passenger train were drowned when
the engine and baggage car dropped
thru a bridge at Quebec. Several
bridges carried away In Vermont.
BASEBALL GAMES
SATURDAY’S GAMES
Portland 1, Los Angeles 5
Hollywood 3, Oakland 8
Seattle 3, San Francisco 4, 10 in.
Missions 2, Sacremento 7.
SUNDAY’S GAMES
Seattle, 1, 9; San Francisco, 7, 6.
Portland, 3, 6; L03 Angeles, 5, 6.
Mission, 3, 10; Sacramento, 0, 7.
Hollywood, 2, 8; Oakland, 2, 7.
The first game was a tie; 11 innings,
ailed the time limit.
TACOMA FUR SALE
HELDONSATURADY
VALUES $200,000
| TACOMA FUR AUCTION SALE
BRING COMPARABLY FAIR
PRICES
TACOMA, April 9, More than
$200,000 In furs were auctioned off
Saturday by a local firm. These in
corporated offerings of Alaskan furs
with prices ranging on mink from the
top price of $31 to $16 and $23.
| Lynx averaged $36; muckrat $1.50;
wolf $13.50; dark fox skins $57; red
! fox $35; otter $23; silver fox, top
price $200; Alaskan white fox $42;
beaver $35; blue fox, best lots, $55;
McKenzie River fox $53; martens $50.
HOPES TO DEVISE WAYS PRE
DICTING VOLCANIC ERUP
TIONS IN ALEUTIANS
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WASHINGTON, April 9. yp)—Dr.
Thomas Jaggar, heading the National
Geographical Society expedition, start
ed for Alaskan volcanic regions in an
effort to discover the unscrutable laws
of earthquakes.
The Society’s statement said "By an
intensive study of this longest battery
of crators in the world it is hoped to
' devise ways in predicting volcanic
* eruptions and earthquake shocks and
i thus save millions of dollars in proper.
1 ty and thousands of human lives by
• issuance of timely warnings.
“There are at least 45 active volca
noes in the chain within 600 miles of
the Aleutian coast line and there are
some 150 harbors unmapped and un
chartered and therefore unvisited.”
Dr. Jaggar sails from Bellingham
and the expedition will go ashore at
Squaw Harbor which will be the ex
pedition base. Mount Pavolof, Mount
Dutton, Peak and Pinnacle Mountains,
will be the subject of the special expe
dition which will also study oceano
graphy surrounding the sea and ani
mal plant and human life.
WEATHER Mil IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR
SPOILING PARADE
PROMISING EASTER DAY RUINED ,
BY PREDICTION OF OFFICIAL
“BAD MAN'S”
NEW YORK, April 9. oP)—Just
when everything looked most promis
ing for the biggest Easter fashion,
parade in history, the weather man
had to come along and spoil it all.
Forecast for Sunday was rain and
colder, nevertheless, with tempera
tures of minimum of 52 and maximum
of 6S Saturday, many thousands dis
counted the weather forecast amd
flocked to the beaches for the week
end. The middlewest prepared for a
cold Easter. Forecast, Chicago, rain
and possible snow. The same kind
of weather was in store for other
Western cities where it was expected
“ear tabs” would take the place of
spring finery.
GOVERNOR SMITH GETS LEAD
DES MOINES, Iowa, April 9. (£>)—
Early returns gave Governor Smith
the lead over the favorite on, Edwin
T. Meredith, for the states delegates
to the Democratic National Conven
tion.