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VOLUME XX. NUMBER/10. SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1925.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
COAST GUARD IS
ORDERED SHOOT
TO RILL; WAR ON
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. D. C., May 9.—
The ability of the government to up
hold laws against desperadoes who
have reached a point where they do
not hesitate to kill, is at stake in the
navy’s blockade against rum row.
Even now bootlegging interests on
shore, cut off from their sources of
supply, are making efforts to retali
ate. The result is that real war is
now on between the government and
the rum runners; war in which blood
will probably flow freely.
Threats against lives of officers and
men of the dry fleet, and the shooting
of one man of the guard, has brought
word from Washington to “shoot to
kill.”
It was announced that a nationwide
blockade will be inaugurated. This
means that the blockade now existing
on the Atlantic seaboard will be ex
tended to the Pacific and Great Lakes
ports, and to all ports of entry into
Canada and the Mexican border.
NEW YORK, May 9.—The Coast
Guard blockading fleet has learned
that four new liquor ships have mov
ed into Rum Row. Others that had
been there for some time are slipping
away in the night to seek easier land
ing places.
NEW YORK, May 9.—The govern
ment has added again to the strength
of the Dry Navy, which has laid seige
to Rum Row'. The line of operations
off the twelve mile limit has been ex
tended and strengthened, more ves
sels being put in use and seaplanes
employed as scouts. An automobile
patrol has been established along the
shore line.
NEW YORK, May 9—The Coast
Guard reported the rum fleet wras now
breaking up as the result of its block
ade. Many liquor ships have lifted
- anchor and put to sea.
URGES AMERICA
fBv Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 9.—
President Coolidge, in a speech at the
opening of the National Oratorical
contest, urged America to make the
utmost possible contribution toward
the organization of peoples and na
tions of the world for peace.
“Here,” said the President, “is a
field for institutional development to
which thoughts of men and women
everywhere are turned as they never
were before.”
WILL NOT CELEBRATE
(By Associated Press)
MELBOURNE, May 9.—The labor
council decided not to partake in
the American fleet functions. This
action was taken as a protest against
the imprisonment of labor workers in
America under the espionage act. It
was explained later that they will
fraternalize with the rank and file
of the sailors.
MUSSOLINI DEFIED
(By Associated Press.)
f ROME, May 9.—In opposing Fas
cist reformed constitution to place
a cabinet in permanent power, Sen
■^U:tor Albertine shook his fist in Pre
mier Musolini’s face and told him
that he had made Italy a cemetery of
liberties. The dispute between the
premier and the veteran senator
started when the latter referred to
newspaper suppression of an inci
dent in Calabria, which Mussolini
denied.
j
LAUNCH ATTACK AGAINST
SPURIOUS ORGANIZATIONS
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, May 9—The Masonic
fraternity of this state has launched a
vigorous attack on spurious organiza
tions claiming to be Masonic, which
have^mulcted thousands of persons. A
special committee reported that New
York state is honeycombed with fake
Masonic bodies, which have sold Mas
onic degrees and collected money for
temples which never existed. The
Masons will seek legislation making
merchantable masonic degrees a pun
ishable offense.
LARGE COUNTERFEIT RING
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 9.—
Officials of the United States Secret
Service declare that one of the larg
est counterfeit rings ever disclosed
was conducted by eight men who were
indicted at Pittsburg yesterday.
GREAT FAREWELL
TO HINDEBURG
GIVEN HANOVER
(By Associated Press.)
HANOVER, Germany, May 9.—
Field Marshal Von Hindenburg, on the
eve of his departure for Berlin, to as
sume the presidency, was the center
of a big demonstration. A torchlight
procession embodying 115 organiza
tions ranging from the most radical
to the Monarchistic organizations, fil
ed past his villa.
Hindenburg lifted his hat as five
thousand flags: of all descriptions, dip
ped a farewell. Communists tried to
break up the parade before it reached
Hindenburg’s home, but the police pre
vented this.
SITUATION NORMAL
(By Associated Press.)
PARIS, May 9.—Official reports
from Rabat, Morocco, state that the
French operations are developing nor
mally, while other reports say that a
lull has developed, although further
engagements are expected before the
French get the uprisings under con
trol.
MUNN TO START TRAINING
(By Associated Press)
CHICAGO. May 9.—“Big” Wayne
Munn who meets Strangler Lewis at
Michigan City Decoration Day, told
his promoters that he was ready and
Monday will start his public training.
AVIATOR CRASHES TO EARTH
(By Associated Press)
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., May 9.—
Major Carl C. Bendict was killed
last night at Langley Field when he
flew too close to a balloon. In at
tempting to keep clear of this bal
loon, he lost control and crashed to
the ground, a distance of five hund
red feet.
CANIBALISM IN CHINA
ACCOUNT FOOD SHORTAGE
LONDON, May 9.—Canibalism is
reported among ten million persons
living in the province of Kwichow,
China, according to a dispatch re
ceived here today. Last year’s har
vest is exhausted in sixty districts,
and no food is available until the
rice crop matures at the end of five
months.
MAJOR ZANNI LEAVES TODAY
TOKIO, May 9.—Major Pedro Zan
ni, tl*e Argentine round-the-world
aviator whose plane was -wrecked in
Japan last October, is planning to
continue his hazardous flight to the
Westward today.
WAR VETERAN DEAD
LONDON, May 9.—Admiral Sir Do
verton Sturdee died here after being
ill for some time at the age of 65.
He was the victor in one of the first
sea fights during the World War, off
the Falkland Islands.
U. S. GOVERNMENT
STEAMER TURNS
TURTLE; 21 DEAD
GIANT NEGRO RESCUES THIRTY
INCLUDING MASTER OF THE
M. E. NORMAN
MEMPHIS. May 9.—Tw- nty-one are
listed dead and missing, when the U.
S. government steamer M. E. Norman
newest of the Engineering Corps fleet,
was caught in the whirling muddy cur
rent of the Mississippi, turing turtle.
She lies bottom side up today in
about thirty-five feet of water belowr
Coliama Landing on the Mississippi.
The M. E. Norman bore about six
ty passengers when she went yester
day on an outing on the Big Muddy
river as a side excursion of the Mid
south Associations of Engineers, the
list of passengers including leaders of
the profession in the south.
From out of tire swamps of Arkan
sas came the hero of the occasion, a
big black negro, with his employer’s
motorboat, silently and methodically
loading his boat with the survivors
and carrying him ashore. He res
cued about thirty persons, including
Captain Howard T. Fenton, grizzled
master of the Norman.
Professor R. S. McNeily who is mis
sing may make the list of the dead
22, as an all-night effort of boats fail
ed to find any bodies. Government of
ficials plan to cut a hole in the bot
tom of the boat to get at the bodies
of those held in the hull.
The steering gear of the Norman
went out of commission and the engin
eer wranted to go ashore to .fix it. Cap
tain Fenton wras looking for a safe
landing when somebody yelled “She’s
going over,” which she did, while the
passengers climbed over the turning
side of the boat. It was said to be only
a minute until the Norman rested on
the bottom of the river, her keel up.
The excursion was bound for Cow
Island to view government work there.
TRIAL OF GERMAN
SPY SENSATIONAL
SAN FRANCISCO, May 8—The
first touch of dramatics was recorded
in the testimony of Von Damn, who
with other Germans during the war,
was ever under fire of being called a
spy, which he denied.
He became so emotional during the
cross examination of the court that
a five minute recess had to he de
clared.
“That’s a damn lie!’’ he shouted in
response to a query that he had driven
on a pier in Honolulu, which wras on
fire, and attempted to throwr off the
lines of a German vessel which was in
terned.
Von Damn later apologised to the
court for allowing his feelings to get
the best of him, and the case was con
tinued.
YESTERDAY'S BASEBALL
Pacific Coast League.
Vernon 2, San Francisco 17.
Sacramento 3, Salt Lake 2.
Portland 8, Seattle 6.
Oakland 0, Los Angeles 3.
American League.
St. Louis 0, New York 12.
Detroit 7, Boston 15.
Chicago 4, Washington 3.
Cleveland 3, Philadelphia 5.
National League.
Boston 5, Chicago 2. *
Philadelphia 15, Pittsburgh 7.
Brooklyn 3, Cincinnati 2.
New York 5, St. Louis, 2.
WILL AID PEARL HARBOR
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 9.—
Chairman Butler of the House Naval
committee said that the next cong
ress will be asked to make appro
priations for an adequate defense of
Pearl Harbor and Hawaii.
HARRY PAYNE WHITNEY
APPEALS TO HOUSE OF LORDS
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, May 9.—Harry Payne
Whitney of New York appealed to the
House of Lords against the payment
of the British income tax and super-1
tax. Whitney has never been in Eng- j
land but gets dividends from shares \
in an English company. Amounts;
involved aggregate two million dol-1
lars.
MANY ATTEMPTS MADE TO
BRING NAVY UP TO STANDARD
(By Associated Press.)
NEWARK, N. J., May 9.—Rear Ad
miral Fiske told the New Jersey Cham
ber of Commerce last night that many
times in the history of the American
navy, before and during the world
war, attempts had been made to bring
the navy up to an efficient fighting
status, but only to be deliberately
blocked by the then secretary of the
Navy, Josephus Daniels.
YUKON ON WAY
TO NORTHLAND
200 PASSENGERS
SEATTLE, May 9.—The steamship
Yukon sailed north at nine this morn
ing carrying two hundred passengers
for Alaska ports, those listed for Sew
ard being Jas. McKinney, W. Clavson,
Alex Hashvlin, R. J. Church, A. Bock,
and wife, Miss A. Pratt, Mrs. McBride,
Margaret McMahon, G. P. Stevens, J.
W. Felder and wife, Mrs. M. E. Coul
ter, J. D. Whitney and wife, Mrs. J.
| T. Cunningham and two children, M.
! Sheperd, Mrs. M. C. Doyle, Miss M. M.
Downer, Thos. Holm, A. Landis, J. S.
Page, Joe Rady, J. O. Peary. Chas F.
Miller, Mrs. J. H. Flickinger. Max
Humphrey, Mrs. Ray McDonald, J. W.
Gooker, John Mehalick, R. H. Elliot,
D. It. Miller, Maud Ruthjens, Miss L.
Ruthjens, G. W. Ruthjens and wife, N.
C. Vestal, Miss B. Huberg, F. F. Mc
Cater, Ivan Olson, Max Peyser and
wife and son, Louis Hile Woodrow
Hile, Geo. Whited, Geo. Ashford, Geo.
j Witte, C. Randall, W. H. Lovelette, H.
W. Karstens, W. G. Fisher, G. B.
Christie, Mrs. W. R. McCarl. Three
Steerage.
DEMPSEY NOW ON
WAY TO EUROPE
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, May 9.—Jack Demp
sey, heavyweight champion of the
world and his bride, the former Estel
le Taylor, sailed for their honeymoon
trip to Europe. Jack said he was go
ing abroad for pleasure, but admitted
he might have to fight on the other
side. He also expressed hope for a
mill with either Gibbons or Wills on
his return to America.
TWO KILLED IN ELECTION
(By Associated Press)
PARIS, May 9.—The Jewish tele
graphic agency says that two Jews
were killed and fifty injured in Oran,
Algeria, as the result of municipal el
ections yesterday, which the antise
metics won.
UNCLE JOE 89
DANVILLE, 111., May 9.—Uncle Joe
Cannon celebrated his 89th birthday
quietly at his home here, reading let
ters and telegrams which arrived by
the hundreds from all sections of
the country.
AMUNDSEN’S SHIP AT BASE
OSLO, Norway, May 9.—The ship
ping Gazette says that Amundsen’s
auxiliary ship, the Farm, has reach
ed Seal Bay, Danes Island, from
which place it is expected his flight
to the North Pole will start. T *
vorable weather conditions, cL„ay
with snow were reported.
FRANCE WILL NOT
DISARM UNTIL
GETS SECURITY
(By Associated Press)
GENEVA, May 9.—France has told
the world that she will not reduce her
armament, restrict production of arms
or limit the shipments of munitions
to her allies until the world assures
her that she will have security against
invasion by foreign powers.
Her position was stated by Paul
Boncour, leader of the socialist party
in the Chamber of Deputies, in an ad
dress before forty-four nations, includ
ing the United States and Germany,
at a conference for the control of traf
fic in arms.
Boncour frankly warned delegates
that the conference is doomed to fail
ure unless France obtains some guar
antee pact insuring her frontier from
invasion.
The French speaker warned his col
leagues that there would be another
frightful war if they neglected secur
ity problems and seek to build false
foundation for peace J>y reducing ar
maments. He added that every na
tion will arm to the teeth against an
attack unless assured that the rest of
the world will rush to her defense in
case she is attacked.
JOHN BARRYMORE HOME
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, May 9.—John Barry
more, famous Shakesperian actor, just
back from London, said that Hamlet
had a nine weeks’ run there. He plans
to stage this play in Berlin.
NEGRO STUDENTS ON STRIKE
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 9.—
Twelve hundred negro students at
Harvard have gone on strike against
compulsory military training.
ROCKEFELLER
HEIRESS LOCATED
(By Associated Press.)
BERNE, Switzerland, May 9.—For
mer Mathilde McCommick and hus
band Max Oser, living in seclusion for
three years, were located by Chicago
Tribune reporters.
With their child Anita, now one
j year old, they are living happily in a
villa on the shore of one of Switzer
land’s most beautiful lakes. The
| Rockefeller heiress and riding mas
| ter husband took up residence there a
short time ago, after spending the
winter in various mountain resorts.
SEND PICTURES BY RADIO
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, May 9.—The Radio
Corporation, which is cooperating with,
the U. S. Army yesterday transmitted
photographs 5060 miles from Honolu
lu to New York, taking twenty minutes
for each picture. Practically the en
tire journey was by radio, using the
wires only to transmit to and from
the sending and receiving stations at
Kahuku, T. H., Marshall, Calif., Bol
inas Bay Cal., and Riverhead, Long
Island.
SERVICES HELD ON TENTH
YEAR SINKING OF LUSITANIA
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, May 8.—Memorial ser
vices were held here on the tenth an
niversary of the sinking of the Lusi
tania.
COVENTRY WINS
(By Associated Press.)
BALTIMORE, May 9.—Gifford A.
Cochranes, the black, colt “Coventry’'
was easy victor in the $50,000 preak
ess stakes at Pimlico. He had a mar
gin of four lengths over Harry Payne
Whitney’s backbone and more than
paid for his own cost of $25,000 #by
winning for Cochran $52,700.