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DAILY AND WEEKLY
TERMINAL FOR THREE OCEAN
GOING STEAMSHIP LINES
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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 165
SEWARD, ALASKA. TFRnRRDAY, DEC. 5, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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PL! TO RECOVER j
MILLIONS DOLLARS
PAUL, WICKERSHAM AND DELE- !
GATE, LEADERS IN MOVE TO
RECOVER COMPENSATION
JUNEAU, Dec., 4, (/P)—Suits
against the federal government are j
contemplated by the Alaska Native ;
Brotherhood composed of Indians
seeking to recover compensation S
for certain rights claimed to have j
been held at one time but which j
passed into other hands following
the purchase of Alaska.
Millions of dollars is understood ;
to be at stake in the proposed ac- I
tion which involves the lands of j
fishing streams and waters, hunt
ing and trapping grounds and for
ests and mineral lands.
The convention of the brother
hood at Haines recently retained
William Paul and Judge Wicker
sham, now candidate for delegate
to congress in Alaska in the April
primaries, for attorneys.
Before any suit will be initiated
against the government .however.
It will be necessary for congress to
grant legislative authority. It is
planned, to have the Alaska dele
gate to introduce such a bill at the
present session of congress.
ElEVEN MEMBERS :
FREIGHTER NORWICH!
CITY. DROWN. SAMOA!
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MESS AH E SAID TRONGATE HAD
TAKEN SURVIVORS ABOARD
OTHERS MADE FOR SHORE
PAGAPAGO, Samoa, Dec., 4. iJP)—
Rescue ships, which reported the
loss of 11 men and t'aving of three
others from the wreck of the Brit
ish freighter Norwich City and the
Gardner Island, 700 miles north of
here, again faced the damage of
heavy seas and treacherous coral
reefs in an effort to take 21 others
from the Island upon which they
are marooned.
First word of the fate of 35 men
aboard the Norwich City when she
struck a coral reef last Saturday,
was received here in a terse mes
sage from the steamer Trongate.
The message said the Trongate had
taken aboard three survivors in
cluding the wireless operator,, sec
ond engineer, but 11 members of
the crew had been drowned. When
the vessel struck the reef 24 others
made their way to shore.
DESIRE TO DEFINE TOE
STATUS WHILING ILL
GENEVA, Dec., 5, (/P)—1The Jour
nal De Geneva said it had learned
the British government in a note
to the League of Nations Councils
Mandate Commission, now in ses
sion here, had requested the ap
pointment of an international in
quiry board to determine the pro
per status of the Wailing Wall at
Jerusalem. The paper said that the
mandate commission declined to
accede to this suggestion.
Meanwhile the commission is;
continuing it’s secret esssions. j
TOM MIX INJURED
SAN DIEGO, Dec., 5, (7P)—Tom
Mix, noted screen star, was in
Me'cy hospital suffering from a
brol en shoulder. He was brought
her': irom Agua Caliente where he
haa 6one from Hollywood. The in
jury is so serious that Dr. Charles
Fox declared it might be necessary
to operate soon.
REMARK PRODUCED DEMAND
OF EXPLANATION FROM
CHANCELLOR
LONDON, Dec., 5, (JP)~Philip
Snowden, chancellor of the ex
chequer, told the house of commons
that the government had no inten
tion of varying it’s contractual ob
ligations entered into with holders
of government securities.
The Chancellor made his state
ment in reply to several questions
prompted in a recent talk of Tom
Shaw, minister of war, in which he
asserted that the nation was pay
ing 100,000,000 sterling too much
interest to people who have not the
smallest moral right to it.
This remark by Shaw at once
produced demands from opposition
members for an explanation from
the chancellor as to whether this
foreshadowed a policy of confisca
tion or repudiation of the war loan
securities.
ANOTHER ATTEMPT
BERLIN, Dec., 5, (/P)—General
Umberto Nobile, leader of the ill
fated Italia expedition to the North
Pole, has not given up his dreams
of conquering the Arctic. “I hope to
raise enough money from the books
I have written to make a new Arc
tic expedition,” he stated. The
Itnlian dirigible commander is vis
iting here.
FORMER OFFICE BOY WRITES OPERA;
MARY GARDE N’S FIRST JAZZ ROLE
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Hamilton Forrest, Young Chieagan, has written a jazz opera which
will be presented in January by the Chicago Civic opera company. Forrest
is only 27 years old. Mary Garden (left), prima donna, will have the title
part, her first jazz role.
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TESTIFYING BEFORE I
HDIISF COMMITTEE
INCREASE IN FREIGHT AND
PASSENGER EARNINGS IS
EXPECTED 1931
WASHINGTON, Dec., 5, (JF)—
A moderate increase in both the
freight and passenger earnings
for 1930 and 1931 was forecast
by Col. Otto F. Ohlson, general j
manager of the Alaska Railroad, j
in testifying before the House j
committee which is considering 1
appropriations on the Interior j
department bill which was re- ;
ported today.
Colonel Ohlsen said this esti
mate is warranted by the “pro
gress of development along the
railroad territory” as there are a
number of fair prospects in min
eral development, adding, that
the miners in Valdez creek dis- ;
trict during the past summer had j
a “fair season” in gold output.
He said additional land is be- ;
ing cleared for larger forage crops
raised on land adjacent to the
railroad; that fur-bearing animals j
appear to be on a substantial bas
is with justifiable promises of
continued expansion. He asserted
that the prospect for further ,
increases in tourist travel during j
the years 1939 and 1931 was ex- ’
cellent.
DISABLED VESSEL
NEW YORK, Dec,, 5, (7P)—A radio
message from the American freigh
ter Saguache to it’s owners stated
it had found the Norwegian steam
er Herfca disabled and drifting in j
the north Atlantic. The exact posi
tion was not given. The message
said the Saguache was towing the
disabled vessel into St. John New
foundland.
TERRIBLE BLIZZARD
NOME, Dec., 5, (/P)—One of the
worst blizzards ever experienced
in recent years swept Nome and
Teller yesterday. Alaska Airway
planes were forced to stay on
the ground.
MAZE OFFliES
PRESENT CONGRESS
8Y PRESIDENT
THREE BILLION, 800 MILLIONS
FOR GOVERNMENT USE
NEXT YEAR
WASHINGTON, Dec., 5, (/P)—
President Hoover laid before Con
gress a maze of figures on which
he based his recommendations for
tax reduction and requested $3,
330,000,000 for government use
next year.
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the states and nation’s finances
drawing a lesson from lowering
of taxes in the past.
The President said that no
doubt but what increased revenues
will follow the stimulus given
by business which is partly res
ponsible for these upward jumps
in receipts. In the first budget
message it is estimated that the
treasury’s outlay for the 12 months
beginning next July will be $4,
103,000,000 figuring that there
would be a $122,000,000 surplus
at the end of that period.
The difference between the ap
propriations asked and the ex
penditures as forecast was ex
plained as being due to the fact
the President had not included
any amount in the revolving
fund for the federal farm board
because it was undetermined how
much was necessary.
I MOSCOW IKES
own PEACE OVER
RAILROAD DISPUTE
SOVIET DOES NOT REGARD
AMERICAN NOTE WITH
MUCH FAVOR
MOSCOW, Dec., 4, (/P)—Moscow
made its own peace with Mukden
over the Chinese Eastern Railway
| dispute in Manchuria Tuesday
| and aslo rebuffed the nations
{seeking the same end by remind
{ing both Russia and China of
j obligations under the Kellogg anti
iwar pact.
Dispatches from London told of
{the signing of the protocol at the
{Siberian town of Nikolskdashussur
| iisky under the terms, by which
[joint control of the railway will be
[restored in accordance with the
[treaties of 1924, Russia withdrew
{from insistence that the former
CIO
sistant manager of the road be re
instated but reserved the right to
| appoint them to other positions.
I Soviet government, in the note
handel to the French Ambassador
Herbette, in Moscow, said they
I could not regard as a friendly act
the American note with reference
to the Kellogg pact and stated that
jthe note constituted “An unjustifi
ed attempt” to influence the Chin
i ese-Russian negotiations.
Coming as it did when the**
were already in progress surprise
'was expressed that the United
! States, which refrained from offi
cial relations with the Soviet Unioa,
! should have undertaken to give ft
(“advice and directions”.
The agreement negotiated a«
Mukden will presumably be accepl
|able to Nanking since provincial
; authorities had the authority to ne
gotiate and since the protocol ap
peared to fulfill conditions impos
ed by Nanking.
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NORTHERN CIUFDMH
EXTREMELY ACUTE
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec., 5, (&)—
Altho the weather man gave no
hope that the parched grazing
lands of northern California would
be relieved with refreshing rains
for hte next 48 hours, a ray of hope
was seen, the long distance sun
spot predictions of Father Jerone
ta Clara, who predicted heavy rains
will fall during December.
Grain growers and cattle men
S. Ricard, of the University of San
sighed at the pessimism of the U.
S. weather bureau here and pre
pared to drive their stock miles to
new grazing grounds and miles
back to water.
So acute is the situation in the
mother lode country of Tuolumne
and Calaveras counties that tank
trucks are taking water into the
hills for the stock and the precious
fluid is being sold by the gallon.
BOMBARD TOWN
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec., 5, (JP)—
Soviet airplanes were reported to
have resumed bombardment of the
town of Buchatu on the Chinese
Eastern Railway 256 miles from the
border. The bombs damaged the
railway station and threw the in
habitants into a panic.