Pickets Will Greet
Arrival Of Ship
At Seattle
SEATTLE, (JP)—Congress of In
dustrial organizations maritime
unions have a welcoming commit
tee of pickets all ready for the ar
rival some time late this week of
the steamer Asa Lothrop, from
Norfolk, Va.
The Lothrop, operated by the
newly-established Alaska Ship
Lines, Inc., is destined for the
Alaska trade.
It’s coming west with an AFL
crew, thus heading into a jurisdic
tional dispute.
The Maritime Engineers Benefi
cial Association, American Com
munications Association, Marine
Cooks and Stewards and Marine
Viremen’s union, all CIO. have
jurisdiction over their depart
ments on all Pacific Coast ships.
Their representatives met late
yesterday and agreed to picket the
Lothrop on its arrival. It is ex
pected to berth in Tacoma, where
loading is under jurisdiction of
the AFL International Longshore
men’s Association, while all other
major West Coast ports are man
ned by the CIO International
Longshoremen’s and Warehouse
men’s Union.
Joe Harris, business agent of
the Marine Cooks and Stewards,
said his union planned peaceful
picketing, didn’t want any trouble,
and would notify Tacoma police
and Gov. Arthur B. Langlie to
that effect.
The Lothrop has been delayed
twice enroute, first at Balboa, C.
Z.. and later in a Mexican port
for repairs.
FIREMAN, SAVE MY GOLDFISH
BRIDLINGTON, England. r/P)—
•’lit looked like curtains for Sammy
the goldfish. The hot sun shining
through his glass bowl at Miss M.
King’s house set the window
drapes atire. Pretty soon the
whole room was blazing. But Sam
wasn’t broiled. Fii'emen rescued
him and saved the house.
l He’s as perky as ever now.
ANS Planning
Better Homes For
King Islanders
Don Foster, head of the ANS in
Alaska, who is in Nome awaiting
the arrival of the North Star from
Nunivak Island, has announced
that his department has arranged
for the purchase of ten quonset
huts from the U. S. surplus officer,
Sid Rood, which will be given to
the King Islanders for their sum
mer homes here.
Elmo Miller .local agent for the
ANS will be in charge of moving
the buildings and setting them up
in the King Island Village between
now and spring when the natives
return to Nome. Local labor will
be used.
Each hut will be made into
quarters for two families and the
buildings will be set up in an or
derly manner with provision made
for better sanitation than now ex
ists.
Mr. Foster stated that his de
partment is working for Federal
aid for public schools and that it
is the opinion of the department
that with the increasing popula
tion the demand for this aid is
fully justifiable and an outstand
! ing need exists.
The White Mountain school is
to be improved to the extent that
all new concrete buildings arc
planned for construction which
I starts in the spring. The school
i will be able to then care for 270
pupils from the first to the tenth
grades. The new set-up, he stated,
will be on a unit basis for dormi
tories with seven units of 40 stu
dents each and a teaching staff of
about 20 teachers.
Vocational training will be
stressed.
The department has already al
! located $375,00 for the project and
another million to complete it is
i in contracts.
This* school, like Mt. Edge
' cumbe, is for the native children
, who do not have to pay anything
| toward their care, board or
1 schooling. It is urged that they
! provide transportation if possible.
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Britons Increase
Profits Tax
LONDON OP) — Sir Stafford
Cripps raised Britain’s profits tax
by one-fifth yesterday to offset
the inflationary effect of cheapen
ing the pound.
The tax on the profits now is 25
per cent. Cripps told the House of
Commons he is increasing it “as
from today’’ to 30 per cent.
At the same time Cripps re
peated his stand that personal in
comes, including those from wages
must stay at present levels.
The chancellor of the exchequer
also warned British business men:
“If there is any further break
ing away from the voluntary lim
itation of dividends I shall con
sider myself at liberty to introduce
legislation to restrict dividends in
the next finance bill.”
Cripps opened the crucial de
bate in the House of Commons on
the devaluation of the pound. He
was fortified by a Labor Party
caucus which informants said, de
cided to stand behind the govern
ment on the currency issue.
A treasury spokesman said
Cripps has authority to raise the
tax on business and industrial pro
fits at once. Late, the spokesman
said, the chancellor presumably
will submit some sort of formal
motion asking House of Commons
approval, which would be virtual
ly automatic in view of the heavy
Labor majority.
Informed observers say the ac
tions as a sop to rank and file la
bor which has been complaining
that the little people will suffer
most from the cheapening of the
i pound from $4.03 to $2.08.
The trades union congress has
been insisting that even a slight
rise in the cost of living would
prove unbearable to the lower
; paid British workers. The TUC
has not yet given the government,
j of which it is the most powerful
j pillar, its public support on the de
I valuation policy.
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Chinese Province
Turns Communist
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(By Spencer Moose)
CANTON. f/P)—The vast north
western province of Sinkiang,
which fronts on the Russian bor
der, was reported reliably today
to have gone over to the commun
ists.
Tihwa, political center of the
j sparsely peopled but rich pro
! vince. has been out of radio con
tact with Canton for two days.
That fact added weight to the re
port all nationalist officials had
pulle dout of Tihwa into southern
Sinkinag.
An informant said he assumed
Chinese communists had taken
over control of strategic centers
throughout the northern part of
Sinkiang. at least. He also sup
posed that Gen. Chang Chiha
chung. turncoat nationalist who
formerly was commissioner for
the northwest, had manipulated
the surrender of Sinkiang to the
communis stwhom he had been
courting. He was last reported in
Peiping where he went months
ago as a “peace emissary” to the
communists.
With an immense treasure of
natural resources Sinkiang once
was known as Chinese Turkestan.
It has been an historic area of
Russia npenertation.
An army spokesman in Canton
said heavy fighting raged in
Kwangtung province’s mountain
ous border region about 15 miles
east of Kukong, 125 miles north of
Canton.
Champ Hag Pole 1
Sitter Descends
CLEVELAND, IA>)—Wobbly leg- j
ged Charley Lupica swore oil Hag |
pole sitting yesterday and luxur- i
iated in an honest-to-goodness |
bed.
What’s more, after his world
champion squat of 117 days, two (
hours and 25 minutes, Lupica J
sighed:
“Now I’m going to rest for two j
weeks before going back to work.’’
The 37-year-old Lupica made
his historic descent before 33.977
fans at Cleveland Stadium. His
were moist as he teetered toward
his wife. Augustine, and their
children at home plate.
Charley found out that flag pole
sitting can be profitable, even
when you lose. He had vowed to
stay aloft on his perch over his
delicatessen until the Indians
reached first place.
He guessed wrong but managed
to shatter the old pole sitting
mark of 72 days. The Tribe gave
him numerous presents, anyway,
at the ceremony, including:
A new Pontiac sedan; bicycles
for daughters Margaret, 6, and Ni
collette, 10; a tricycle for son Carl,
8; a stroller for Charley, Jr., one
month.
A radio, a stove and an old fash
ioned bath tub, and a 50-loot flag
pole.
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ARE YOU
IN FAVOR OF
RESOLUTION 334?
VOTE “YES'
ON OCTOBER 4*h
Resolution No. 334 which will be
submitted for ratification in the
forthcoming special election to he
held Oct. 4. 1919. is extremely im
portant to everv resident of Nome
for several reasons:
1. The City MUST raise money
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which the present tax laws can
not possibly provide for.
(Resolution No. 334 explains
this need in detail).
2. Consumers Sales Tax is the logi
cal modern wav of distributing
the tax obligation. Several cities
in Alaska have found it effective
and fair to all.
3. The proposed tax w ill enable the
Citv of Nome to carry on the pro
posed improvements w ithout re
course to a heavy burdensome
property tax.
4. A Consumers* Sales Tax is the
only form of taxation which can
be levied on ALL earners of a
livelihood in Nome, and not just
on the property owners. In this
way it is the most equitable tax
possible.