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VOLUME XIV- NUMBER 182.
SEWARD, ALASKA. TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
NO REASON ADDITIONAL OB
STACLES SHOULD BE PUT IN
PATH SEA GROWTH
NEW YORK, Aug. 6, (/P) —
‘'There is no authority under ex
isting law for the suspension of
f cruiser construction, but on the
trary there is every reason why
we should not at this time do
anything that will further sub
merge the American position on
the high seas,” said Represen
tative Fred A. Britten, chairman
of the house committee on naval
affairs, as he was about to sail
on the Leviathan.
"The language in the cruiser bill
under which President Hoover is
now suspending ship construction
was inserted by congress in order
to make positive the laying down
of 15 cruisers within three years
and any default in appropriation
in the 1928-1929 year could be
made up in 1930. This provision
was deliberately inserted in the
bill because of President Coolidge’s
known opposition to any time
limit being placed on cruiser con
struction. Many members of con
gress thought that the Coolidge
• plan would provide only a navy
of blue prints, and therefore in
sisted on the language which
President Hoover is now7 peculiarly
interpreting to obstruct ship
building. If Ramsey MacDonald
will suspend construction on the |
five big first line cruisers England
is now building they will be lead
in the way to real naval dis- j
arment.”
SEATTLE, Aug., 6, <7P)—Declared j
by the police to have been drink
ing, Edwin Driscoll, King County1
deputy and prosecuting attorney,j
was booked on an open charge j
after his automobile crashed into
a streetcar. Police said they found
a bottle of moonshine in Driscoll’s
car.
The Deputy prosecutor has han- j
died many important criminal |
cases involving liquor and reckless
driving.
* ViCTORM ANTICIPATES
BE TRAWLING CENTER
■VICTORIA, Aug., 6, (JP)—Eight i
millions pounds of especially pre
pared fresh fish will be shipped •
from here annually as the result of
a contract between the Island Pack
ing Co., Ldt., with the Victoria
Terminal & Cold Storage Co., Ldt.
It is believed that business will j
assure Victoria a trawling fleet of j
150 vessels.
«EAT WAVE BROKEN
NEW YORK, Aug, 5, (A3)—New
York’s heat spell was broken by 1
cool winds which sent the ther- \
mometer down an average of about j
eight degrees. The maximum tem
perature was 80 and the minimum
BRAIN INFLAMMATION
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 6, (/P)—
! Two cases of death from inflam
I ation of the brain following vac
cination, have given an added
impetus to the anti-vaccination
movement in Denmark.
_
CONFERENCE ON
! YOUNG PLAN TO
! BEGIN AT HAGUE
STUMBLING BLOCKS PAVE THE
WAY BEFORE SETTLEMENT
CAN BE REACHED
BERLIN, Aug., 6, (JP)—A German
delegation headed by Director Gus
tav Stressemann, left Berlin for |
The Hague where a conference of
governments to deal with the |
Young plan begins.
From att parts of Europe, dele
gates ar« on their way to the meet
ing which is called not only to
complete the final settlement of
reparations but to equidate the
world war. Questions of extreme
political and financial complexity
reflecting in the conflicting of the j
countries is involved with the prom- j
ise of a long and difficult confer
ence. There is no serous doubt of
final success, however.
England’s demands for a change
in allotments of the Reich’s pay
ments will be laid down in the
council of the Young plan. Ger
many’s insistance on the Allied
evacuation of the Rhineland is the
price of her acceptance and the re- .
fusal to accede to the French for
permanent international commis- !
sion are some of the stumbling
blocks to success of the meeting.
:
EIGHTEEN RESERVATIONS FOR
GERMANY; SOME BOOKED
FOR WORLD TOUR
LAKEHURST, Aug., 6, (IP)—The
work of refueling the Graf Zeppe
lin went forward with preparations
for departure at midnight or to
morrow on the first leg of a globe
circling voyage..
Eckener will head the liner back
home and from there continue
eastward around the world with
stops at Tokio, Los Angeles, and
Lakshurst; then back to Germany!
making a total of 2,200 miles.
There are 18 passengers booked |
for the flight to Germany. Some !
have made reservations for the
world tour. The Zeppelin will also
carry freight and mail.
MisiwilT
DEATH 0 HMD
JUNEAU, Aug., 6, (/P—Mrs. Fred
Butterworth of Seattle, who was j
touring Alaska, not knowing of her I
husband’s death in . aule Satur
day, was notified Monday on board j
the Admiral Rogers. She “hoped to j
obtain passage on the Princess
Charlotte sailing early this morn- i
ing for Vancouver.
FOREST FIRES
SPOKANE, Aug., 5, (JP)— A thous
and men are fighting forest fires in
Idaho, Montana and Washington.
PEACE IN SIGHT
I HARBIN, China, Aug., 5, (A3)—
.The Manchurian-Russian distur
bance took a sudden move toward
| peace when a representative of
Chan Seuh Liang, military gover
nor of Manchuria, ordered all war
activities against the Soviet to
cease.
flEcaiHis
By U. S. STEEL IN
HISTORY CONCERN
PRESENT EARNINGS HAVE BEEN
SURPASSED BUT THREE
TIMES PREVIOUSLY
NEW YORK, Aug. 6,
Directors of the United States
Steel Corporation at their meet-!
ing disappointed expectations of
an extra dividend, but atoned
for the failure in a measure by
reporting the largest quarterly
earnings for the corporation for
any three months peace time
period. Profits of the company
for the quarter amounted to 71,
995,461 dollars, which is equiv- j
alent to 6.67 dollars per common
share on 7,116,000 shares pre- j
viously outstanding.
This compares with 60,105,381
dollars net earnings and with
share earnings of 5 04 dollars
for the first three months of
the year. In the June quarter |
of last year the corporation earnd
46,832,896 dollars.
Earnings today have been sur
passed only three time before in
the history of the corporation,
and then under abnormal war
conditions.
Manchuria Scene Of Rivalry For Centuries
Typical of the inhabitants enmeshed by the present Sino-Russian dispute are these
patrons of the “hot dog man” at Kyakhta, on the Siberian-Chinese border. At lower left is
the junction at Changchun of the Chinese Eastern and Southern Manchurian railways,
the roads which figure largely in the trouble. At lower right is a view of Harbin, metropo
lis of north Manchuria.
HE KILLINGS
| II TIG BATTLE
NEW YORK GUY
WORKING ON THEORY WAR IS
OVER RICE LIQUOR TRADE
OR OPIUM
NEW YORK, Aug., 6, (/?)—'The
prospects of one of the bloodiest
tong wars in years is seen by the
additional killings in this city and
Boston, bringing the number of
dead to five in two days with the
addition of several wounded.
A few hours after United States
Attorney Charles Tuttle and the
Chinese Consul General had warn
ed tong leaders that no violence
would be tolerated, pending a peace
conference, a Harlem laundryman
was shot and killed at his ironing
board. Similarly two Chinese were
shot and killed within a few hours
after tong leaders had assured the
Boston police that there would be
no tong warfare in that city.
The police said it is the first
time tong leaders have deliberately
deceived them and expressd a be
lief tha the killings will result in
the bloodiest tong war ever seen in
New England.
In Chicago and Newark tense
quiet prevailed after one death in
each city Sunday. The cause re
mained a mystery to the New York
police who are working on the
theory that it might be over^the rice
liquor trade which, it is said, has
become profitable with the de
teriorating quality of other bootleg
liquor. At Newark it was thought
the war was over opium.
Nieto EM IS
TO St TUSFEIEO
SEATTLE, Aug., 6, (TP)—Advices
here said the damaged cargo of the
steamship Golden Forest, which
grounded on the Aleutian Islands
July 24, will be brought here on the
steamer El Cedro.
Between 2,000 and 4.000 tons of
cargo must be removed to permit
repair work. The ship was floated
the day after grounding and taken
to Dutch Harbor for repairs. Rough
weather has been hampering the
work.
DEADLOCK REACHED
USUI CONFERENCE
NANKING, Aug., 6, (TP)—The for
eign office of the Nationalist gov
ernment announced a deadlock
conference between Russia and
China over the seizure of the Chin
ese Eastern Railway. The Nation
alist authorities were unable to ac
cept the Russian demand for the
reinstatement of Russian associat
ed managers on the railway before
opening formal negotiations.
NO RELIEF
KANSAS CITY, Aug., 5, (TP)_No
relief was in sight in the record
■heat wave that gripped the middle
| west. Temperatures continued to
mount in Oklahoma, Kansas and
western Missouri, where the cen
tury mark has been exceeded for
several days.