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VOLUME XXII, NUMBER 207.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATLftlDAY, SEPTEMBER 24,1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
DEMOCRATS SELECT
GOVERNOR SL SMITH
IIS PARTY NOMINEE
ALL BUT TWO STATES REPRE
SENTED AT WESTERN STATES '
CONFERENCE
OGDEN, Utah, Sept. 24. (£»)—After
three hours of debate during the con
ference of Democrats of Western
States, they adopted a resolution en
dowing the candidacy of Governor
Smith of New York as the party Pres
idental nominee for 1928.
Utah delegates were particularly
opposed to the action and the vote
was not unanimous. The first dis
cordant note was sounded by L. S.
Francisco, of San Diego, who said he
believed it was wrong to endorse any
candidate yet he outlined principles
and plans for relieving the farmer and
solving the prohibition question. Judge
Joshua Greenwood of Salt Lake said he
.doubted that if the Republicans nomi
nated Charles Hughes, Smith could
not carry his own home state. All the
States, except Oregon and Washington,
were represented.
RICE CRASS PROTECTS
COAST OF ENGLAND
LONDON, Sept. 24. {JP)—Sea-walls
of England are bejng protected and
acres of land reclaimed from the sea
through the planting of rice-grass.
Rice-grass was discovered at South
ampton in 1870. It is not only of high
value for pasturage, but it collects the
mud, and thus raises the foreshore
inch by inch. It spreads rapidly both
by seeding and by growth of roots.
Plants are being exported to all
parts of the world. A recent consign
ment was sent to Tasmani^. The
Dutch are using the grass on the coast
of Holland.
GLENGANNON, Ireland, Sept. 24.
t/p\—The mountaineers of West Vir
ginia and Kentucky have nothing on
the .mountain#ers of Ireland when it j
comes to making moonshine, only here ,
they call it poteen. Poteen is white
whiskey, manufactured mostly from
•barley and sometimes from potatoes.
The Irish Civic Guards, who are also ,
the revenue officers, look for columns
of smoke in searching for poteen stills.
The Irish mountaineer is also a past
master in the art of camouflage. His
barrels are carefully concealed under
mounds of sod.
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MONGEL TRIBE DWINDLING
NOVOSIBIRSK, Siberia, Sept. 24.
(#>)—in order to preserve from ex
tinction the remaining 405 mfembers
of the once powerful “karaghass”
tribe of Mongolian origin, Soviet au
thorities have decided to unite them
in a cultural unit.
ROSEBUD, S. D., Sept. 24. (£>)—
Homestead days are not over in the
west. Sixty-four thousand acres of
Indian land in the Rosebud will be
thrown open to homesteaders by the
government, October 3.
S. S. YUKON SAILS MTU
WITH SMALL LISTING
SEATTLE, Sept. 24. (£>)—'The S. S.
Yukon, of the A. S. S. Co., sailed north
at 9 o’clock this morning carrying 60
passengers. The Seward reserva
tions are* A. Vanchon, Mrs. Swartz,
D. Harstad, Laura Marfng, Mrs. Bo
gart,, J. Drumheller, Marie Helen, Dan
Ross, Mrs. Leiman, Mrs. Shermer, C.
Clender, J. Spaulding, Chas. Zielke,
and two steerage.
BUTTLE DEBATE IS
MANAGER FLYNN CLAWS DEMP
SEY WAS ACTUALLY ROBBED
OF CHAMPIONSHIP
CHICAGO, Sept. 24. (£>)—'The battle
is over but the debate is still on and
increasing rather th<^n deminishing
over the long count in the seventh
round in the Tunney-Bempsey fight.
The official decision, in Tunney’s fav
or, stands as it was rendered by the
State Athletic Commission.
It has been decided that -Jthe Com- i
mission will refuse to allow a formal
protest from Dempsey’s manager,
Flynn, who claimed Tunney was actu
ally knocked out and Dempsey robbed
of the championship.
DECISION STANDS
CHICAGO, Sept. 24. (/P)—Chairman
John Richeimer announced the State
Athletic Commission “will not consid
er a reversal of the decision given
Tunney the victory over Dempsey.”;
This closes all possibility of Manager i
Flynn pressing the protest although'
the Commission is willing to listen to
him.
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PROPOSAL IS THOT
UNFEASIBLE BY CAL
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PRESIDENT EXPECTS INCOME
TAX COLLECTION REACH
SAME SUM AS 1926
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 24. (£>)— Pres-'
ident Coofidge expects the income tax
collection to be as high as last year
When a> record of $60,000,000 treasury
surplus accumulated but he is with
holding hie opinion on the total
amount of the prospective tax reduc
tion. It is possible the President like
wise believes that failure of the Gene
va Naval conference will have little
effect on prospective action in draft
ing a naval cruiser program by Con
gress and feels the American Legion
proposal for a unified department Nat
ional Defense is unfeasible because
of the opposition in the army, navy
and Congress.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Hollywood, 2; San Francisco, 1; 10
innings.
Mission, 6; Sacremento, 5.
Oakland, 11; Seattle, 8; 13 innings.
Portland, 3-2; Los Angeles, 4-3; 10
. innings and 11 innings.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia, nothing; Chicago, 10.
Brooklyn, 3-4; Cinnati, 6-3.
New York, 6; Pittsburg, 5.
Boston, 3; St. Louis, 2.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago, 2; Boston, 1.
TOWNS 100 YEARS OLD
RACING, Wis. Sept. 24. (£>)—Six
towns iu southwestern Wisconsin
have celebrated the hundreth anni
versary of their founding this year.
THREE FEET OF SNOW
OVER WISEMAN REGION
RUBY, Sept. 24. (/P)—Three feet of
snow had fallen at Wiseman by Sept
ember 11, Capt. E. P. Allard, of the
power boat Bessie, reported when he
arrived enroute to Nenana. Oldtimers
said this was the most ever to have
fallen by that date. Allard said min
ing in the Koyukuk has been profita
ble! but the season was short.
BIBLE PLUNGED TO
EARTH, SUES ENGINEER
SAILSBURY, Maryland, Sept. 24.
(/P)—The Baltimore, Cheseapeak and
Atlantic Railway offices report that
a construction engineer, shortly after
11 o’clock this morning, noticed a
large dirigible apparently making a
toose dive into tree tops six miles from
here.
TWO DIRIGIBLES LEFT
LAKEHURST, N. J., Sept. 24. (Jp)—
The T C-5 and T CT-9 non rigid army
didigibles, left Lakehurst /today for
their home station at Langley Field,
Va.
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OFF ON SECOND LEG
i ANGORIA, Turkey, Sept. 24. (JP)—
Lieut Koennecke hopped off this
! morning on the second leg of his flight
from' Cologne to America. His im
i mediate goal is Basra, Irak. He holies
ito cover the 1,050 miles by tonight.
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CONGRATULATORY WIRES
NEW YORK, Sept. 24. (JP)—More
telegrams of congratulation and well
wishes are sent Jewish people than
any other group in the United States,
the Western Uion Telegraph Co. has
found out, in compiling a record of
' messages of a non-business nature.
Heave -Him Outside"
CONGRESS
.CONVENES
IN cf
PEC. >
RICKARD DECLARES
DEMPSEY IS STILL
BIS DRAWING CARD
PROMOTER IS WILLING TO STAGE
ANOTHER DEMPSEY-TUNNEY
BATTLE
CHICAGO, Sept. 24. (£>)—’Tex Rick
ard said Jack Dempsey is still the
greatest drawing card in ring history
and there is a lot of money for him in
the fight game yet if he chooses to
stick in it. He said, “I will be willing
to promote another Dempsey-Tnnney
match if Jack will go over the same”
route again and establish himself as
the logical contender.”
SEES UNIVERSAL LEISURE
“WHEN ATOM IS SPLIT"
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LONDON, Sept 24.. (£>)—In a half a
icentirry or so hardly anyone will have
any work to do, says Dr. Percy Buck,
! professor of music in the University
of London.
1 “In 50 years from; now every human
(being will have a vast amount of leis
ure on his hands,” explained Dr. Buck,
to the university teachers attending
the summer vacation lecture course.
“If once the Atom is split—and that
is bound to happen in a certain num
ber of years—there will be no need,
for coal, gas, electric light, steam or
anything else like that. Think of it!,
We will be able to run a train from
London to Edinburgh for half a penny,
and to light the whole of London or
New York for less than one single
.penny.”
REVIVAL OF EMERALDS
INDICATED FOR FALL
PARIS, Sept. 24. (#*)—Emeralds
heralded for several months as in
creasingly important in the world of
precious stones, are the keynote to
several evening dresses in the col
lection of Worth.
The famous brilliants and glitter
ing embroideries of this house have
given way urmewhat in the new col
lection, to large emerald colored
stones in th^ form of brooches, buc
kles and ornaments.
Chains of semi-precious stones in
cluding topaz, aquamarine and tur
quoise are used by several dress
makers as integral parts of their
evening dress designs. The flat, po
lished stones are set in narrow rims
of gold or silver and the chains are
from 18 to 24 inches long.
LEGION POSTAGE STAMPS
* PARIS, Sept. 24. (/P)— Post-offices
and tobacco shops began on Septem
ber 15 to sell special postage stamps
commemorating the convention of the
American Legion. The stamps bear
the heads of Lafayette and Wash
ington separated by the Atlantic
Ocean. In the background are the
statue of liberty, a ship and a mono
plane.