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VOLUME 35 NO. 80. NOME, ALASKA. TUESDAY, JULY 17. mil I_U,r Copy; 10 _
MORE GUNS, MEN STRIKE AREA
ADVANCE MEN ARMY BOMBERS AT JUNEAD
SAN FRANCISCO STAGGERED BY GENERAL STRIKE
STOCK MARKET
SHOWS EFFECT
OF BIG STRIKE
INTERNAL REVENUE MAN
COMING TO NOMK
(By The Associated Piers)
YAiKLMA. July 17, O. S. Sulli
van, Deputy Collector of United
States Internal Revenue, whd has
been here for the last twelve
years, will be transferred to Alas
ka. He expects to spend the re
mainder of the s ujqm er_ .# t.. No me,
after which he will be stationed
In Juneau.
MARKET BEFLKCTM STRIKE
IN FRISCO SECTION
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK. July 17, Stocks
turned heavy today co-incidejn
with the culling Into effect of the
general strike at San Francisco,
and fears that labor unrest would
spread to other sections. Trade
,was quiet. Losses were from one
to around three points, and pre
dominated in most groups. The
close was heavy. Sales were six
hundred and''twenty-five thousand.
FORGOTTEN SHELL EXPLODES
l Uy The Associated Press)
8T. GERiMAIN EN LAYE.
France, July 17, The explosion of
a forgotten trench mortar shell,
thrown playfully by soldiers at a
group of their comrades, today
killed and injured twenty-ftfive on
th^ artillery grounds here.
REENFORCEMENTS RUSHED
TO STRICKEN AREA
IN BAY DISTRICT
.
, GUNS, NATIONAL GUARDS
BRING RUSHED INTO
SAN KRASriHUO _H_
(By The Associated Press)
BA FRANCISCO, July 17. The
| paralyzing union labor strike
which went into effect here and
in Kjast .jlax-lUtiqa.. .iBSlsiUn^ . Qafevi
land yesterday, continues to. have j
jits demorilizing effect on the in
habitants.
National Guard troops with tanks,
machine guns, and one pounders,
converged quickly upon the strike
area.
Regular army troops are ready
|for call at the Presidio, whenever
necessary.
The entier bay district has been
seriously crippled and is virtually
under war time siege, with rov
ing bands of strike pickets attempt
ing to complete the stoppage of
food supplies to one million, tht'ee
hundred thousand inhabitants.
Increasing outbreaks of violence.
were reported as thousand 4 of
workers were forced tq walk to
work, as all street car service had
been halted by the strike.
Tanks have been loaded onto
flat cars at Salinas and were sped
on their way to vantage points <a
the strike area, and to warehouses
in which are stored thousands of
dollars worth of^food stuffs.
Menacing 75mm guns have been
dispatched to the danger zones.
Raids on grocery stores, in bay cit
ies continued to increase. The
rioters threatened the proprietors
if they opened their stores-, and in
many cases carried out their
threats bv- smashing windows of
e
JtUuna. stripping the places of
food and supplies.
The number of unions striking
is believed to be more than one
hundred and fifty, with possibly a
total membership of between sixty
five •*hnd seventy-five thousand.
Mayor Rossi of San Francisco
has appealed to the Governor for
more National Guardsmen. Com
panies were quickly moved into
headquarters on the waterfront.
The Mayor was reported to have
been surrounded by six alleged
communists in the Hall of. Jus
tice. Poiice Chief Quinn went to
his aid and arrested the men.
Five special troop trains carrying
more than a thousand officers and
men of the National Guard were
enroute last night by special train
to San Francisco from Los An
geles.
ATtiilery men concentrated about
the section. Running a blockade
under police convoy, the first fleet
of trucks laden with food neared
San Francisco from Sacramento.
Members of the so-called strike
MALCOLM CAMPBELL
WILL ATTEMPT
MAKE 300 M. P. H
BRITISHER TO TRY
FOR MO MILES PER
HOUR WITH RLUHBIRD
• Ey The Associate 1 Probt)
BALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sit
Malcom Campbell, British speed
king, will bring his four and a
half ton Bluebird here, July 24,
for a record breaking run on the
.ebores of Great Salt Lake.
William F. Strum, Campbell’s
American representative, made •»
careful examination of the pro
posed route. Tests proved tho
salt beds will provide ‘the fast
est course in the world.” he said.
Campbell will attempt to break
his old record ot 272 miles per
hour, established a year ago at
Daytona Beach, Florida, and has
set 300 milas per hour as his goal.
Twelve Mile Track __
A track now under construction
will allow seven miles in which to
warm up the huge engine of the
new flOO.OOO machine, one mile
for the clocked ran, and four miles
In which to slow down.
The Britisher's experience at
Daytona Beach was a rough one.
He made the 300—mile per hour
mark his proposed record at that
time, but conditions on the course
held the speed down. When the
run was completed he exclaimed.
‘It was the roughest rule I ever
liad.”
Salt beds of Great Salt Lake, lo
cated nearly 100 miles west of
Salt Lake City,. promise to provide
an ice-smooth course, Strum said.
Blowout Hazard Low
Abe Jenkins. Salt Lake City
racer, has made many runs on the
great flats. Nearly a hundred
American records fell to him last
year when he broke the official
American Automobile Association
mark.
• "Hazard of blowouts is mini
mized on the salt beds.” Jenkins
explained, "and there Is little dan
ger of overturning. The crust o?
sand ia as hard as a tortoise shell.
Then, too, the smooth surface
makes driving much easier."
Specifications for the proposed
course as outlined by Sturm were
that it should not he less than
12 miles, and probably 14 miles
long: 600 feet wide, with careful
"soundings" taken on each shoul
der to avoid mistakes: and plenty
of guidance space.
j committee in Portland, Oregon,
jriaet in an all day session yester
jdity ut which plans for a general
j strike, if and when it was called,
[are to lie outlined. Voting starts
Ictday.
Ij,.I.»aibor leaders in Seattle reiter
ated fliat Weattlp was not feeing
.a general strike, but despite this
assurance, two men were beaten
[very nearly to death in strike vio
I l>jnce.
j The general strike in San Kran
Krancisco will have no bearing on
■Vlagka shippiug as far as could
be ascertained at pres-ent. r
Ships scheduled to leaVe Tacoma
for Alaska within the next few
days include rtie Haleakula at !>
pm. last night; t he Northwestern
at 10 a.m. today, and the Yukon
at 10 a.m. Saturday, all of the
Alaska Steamship Co.
ADVANCE MEN
OF ARMY BOMBERS
NOW AT JUNEAU
ADVANCE MEN FOR AJRMV i
BOMBING PIANKS ARRIVE
AT JUNEAU . -
* '<
- !
(By TUe Associated Press)
JUNEAU, July IT, Captain
Ross G. Hoyt and Bob Zein landed
here Monday in two observation
flfcnrps, following a fl igTi t from
Skagway. They are the advance
guard of the ten Army bombing
planes which are due to leave
Washington, D.C., soon for Alaska.
They will remain here until Wed
nesday and then resume their
flight to Fairbanks. ‘
REFUSE GRANT ANA
SPECIAL RIGHTS
iBy The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. July IT. The
United States Monday refused to
grant Germany any special agree
menu involving trade concession*
or clearing arrangements in order
in secure equal - treatment" for
American holders of Ihwet
Young bonds, estimated to be
worth six hundred million dollar*.
Secretary of State Hull’s blunt
ly - note twite, tht. •'Stxaiag “
Foreign Office Monday night for
Germany, and reiterated this gov
ernment's insistence that Ameri- v
cans be given thP same treatment
in any financial settlement that 1*
accorded the nationals in any oth
er nations.
tv
COIXIKIOV TAKES .MYKS
(By Tile Associated Press) I
^OXTREAL. July 17. Six w era
killed and injured in' a collision
between a street car and a,truclr.
_I_ *
SUBSCRIBE FOB THE OAIIaT
SAN FRANCISCO REGION
IS STAGGEREO DY
GENERAL STRIKE
KAN FRANCISCO REGION
STAGGERED RY STRIKE;,
ARMED FORCES ON HAND
(By The Associated I’ress)
SAN FRANCISCO, July 17.
Staggered by the first, conclusive
blow of the general strike, the
city stirred feetbly today while
armed forces of the State and
Oity stood guard.
Union labor has shifted Its
siege lines through the mass walk
outs, anil relaxed slightly in the
Interests of life and health. The
full power of the atrifce was felt
for the first time' In East Bay
cities, including Oakland, Berke
ley, and Alameda,
Street car service has been
partly restored In San Francisco,
but still remains paralyzed In the
East Bay regions, where half a
million residents make their
homes.
Ferry boats came under the
strike extension, and thousands of
commuters found their only means
of transportation crippled. Only
the Southern Pacific ferry boats
remained in service across ths
bay.
Two units of llie N'ationa' j
Guards from the wiftorfront, with
tanks, machine guns, artillery and
gas units were dispatched to Rant
Bay regions to await orders.
The extension of the strike by
complete walk-outs of labor un
ions brings practically the entire
strength of the unions to the
Tore. The membership of one I
hundred thousand In the Bay re
|
gions Is behind the movement, de
clared leaders, who Raid this was
a move defense of “American
principles of organization grid col
lective bargaining.” >
In Portland it wag indicated
that a general strike would come
at 5 p.m. tomorrow. If It comes,
further attempts to open the port
will be made, it was reported
early this morning.
In Seattle, the situation still re
mains quiet, with non-union labor
continuing to load ships at Smith
Cove.
HUNTSVILLE. Ala.. July 17
Twenty-two thousand textile work
ers were called out today.
MINNEAPOLIS, July 17, A com
plete tie-up of motor transporta
tion is threatened when more than*
seven thousand union truck driv
ers struck for the second titno
this year.
FORMER PRESIDENT
ELSEWHERE
MIAMI. July 17, Oeraldo Ma
cado, former president of Cuba, Is
now in, the Dominican Republla
after a flight from the United
States. He Is living on top ot th»
mountains near Mazanllla Bay.
ANOTHER NEW AIRCRAFT
CARRIER IS STARTED
NEWPORT NEWS. Virginia.
July 17, The keel of the U. S. 3.
Enterprise, the $19,000,000 air
craft carrier, was laid down to
day, along side of the U. S. S.
Yorktown, her sister ship, which
was started May 21st.