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VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 98.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 30,1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRA
TIONS, FIRST AND FOURTH DIVISIONS, HAVE
UNITED ON THE INDEPENDENT LEGISLA
TIVE TICKET TO NOMINATE THOS. A. MAR
QUAM, DELEGATE.
SUTHERLAND RECEIVED SMALLEST VOTE
HE EVER GOT
Senator A. J. Dimond and Arthur Frame Nominated in
Third Division for Senator; Representatives, Price,
Sherman, Coffey, Wilcox, Murray, Scott, Grier, Smith
JUNEAU, April 30—Partial returns from all four
divisions including all larger towns, indicate the smallest
vote, at Tuesday’s primaries, to be cast in Alaska due
to circumstances of the administration of republicans in
supporting Thomas A. Marquam, Fairbanks independent
candidate for delegate, who was nominated by petition,
and further circumstance that the administration repub
licans and democrats have united on the independent
legislative ticket.
WARM; IS SHIPPED
MOTORS MENTIONED REFER TO
WILKINS PLAN; HAS SUFFI
CIENT GASOLINE
SAN FRANCISCO, April 30. (JP)—
H. L. Liebes Company, furriers, re
ceived a wireless message from
Charles Brower at Point Barrow in
which he said “We need 20 tons of
coal extra as we are using a large
quantity keeping the motors warm.
Capt. Wilkins and his party are stop
ping at our station.” Liebes said the
motors mentioned belonged to Wil
kins. A coal shipment goes north
next week on the motor schooner Ar
nold of the Charles Brower Company.
Liebes said it was apparent Wilkins
had plenty of gasoline.
FILED AGIST U.S,
MILLIONS PENDING
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WILL
NOT AID GOVERNMENT IN
APPEALS TWENTY AWARDS
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WASHINGTON, April 30. (£>)—U.'
S. Attorney General Sargent advised
that nine suits filed against the gov
ernment alleging interference in Ber
ing sea sealing and recalled that such
claims will reach a deadline on June
7th. The department of justice will
not aid in the appeals taken by the
government in 20 awards of 119
claims filed. The total amount of the
pending claims is two million dollars.
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In the First and Fourth divisions
all candidates for republican delegate
ship nominations have been opposed
to the Administration which formerly
supported Sutherland and Sutherland
received the smallest he ever got at
a primary general election yet he
carried all four divisions easily over
Aldrich.
The total votes returned from all
four divisions are:Republican, Suther
land 2565, Aldrich 684, McCain 370.
Democratic returns have been omit
ted from many precincts but thus
far show Boyle received 388, Adams
68. For the line-up for the legisla
ture for the fall election in the First
division the republicans nominated
for Senator, Will A. Steele; for rep
resentatives, William L. Paul, Charles
Benjamin, Charles B. Ferguson and
William A. Worth. On the Indepen
dent white men’s party for senator,
Allen Shattuck; for representatives
N. O. Hardy, Edward Locken, A1 E.
Gurr and L. H. Kubley; for indepen
dent senator, W. W. Batchellor.
The 'Second division, regular repub
lican, Senator Thomas Jenson; rep
resentatives, Gabrielson, Lomen, Sund
quist and Woofter; independents,
Senator Andrew Nylen; representa
tives, Thomas Gaffney, John J. Elliott,
Mrs. Omie McCarthy and Elmer Ry
deen.
i Third division for senator, A. J. Di
mond, democrat; Arthur Frame, re
publican; representatives Thomas
Price, William A. Sherman, John J.
Coffey and C. W. Wilcox, democrat;
and Joseph Murray, Thomas Scott,
Ben Grier and Sumner S. Smith, re
publicans.
Fourth division—No party nomina
tions for senator. Representatives on
the republican ticket, J. H. Groves,
Fred. B. Johnston, Thomas J. Mar
roske and Hosea H. Ross; there was
no democratic legislative ticket.
Independent nominations for sena
tor, George C. Moody, John W. Dunn
BMLL RESULTS
National League.
New York 2, Boston 4.
Philadelphia 1, Brooklyn 3.
St. Louis 5, Chicago 6.
Cincinnati 16, Pittsburgh 9.
American League.
Washington 5, New York 8.
Detroit 2, St. Louis 3.
Boston 0, Philadelphia 4.
Chicago 7, Cleveland 3.
Pacific Qoast League.
Seattle 6, Los Angeles 1.
Missions 0, Oakland 8.
Hollywood 8, Sacramento 3.
Portland 3, San Francisco 10.
BROWN THROWS DOWN
GAUNTLET TO WIN
SAYS TOOL OF JONES
CONSPIRACY FORMED TO PRE
VENT BROWN RUNNING FOR
SENATE IS CHARGED
SEATTLE, April 30. (£>)— Brown
charged Colvin being “an undercover
tool of Senator Jones and in his per
sistent efforts to discredit my admin
istration, Jones’ political stool pigeon
and Colvin formed a conspiracy to
prevent me from running in the sen
ate against Jones next fall but I’m
going to run. Nobody can stop me.
I know my power and if anyone trys
to stop me I’ll take care of them
quick. That goes for Colvin if he
goes too far.” A newly formed lay
enforcement league pledged their
whole hearted support in the Colvin
cleanup campaign and a committee
has been named to report on finan
cial aid for the prosecutor.
ALASKA DUE IN MORNING
Owing to the many stops being
made at canneries between Seward
and Cordova the S. S. Alaska, which
arrived at Cordova yesterday morn
ing, is not expected to arrive in Sew
ard until tomorrow morning about
3 or 4 o’clock according to the lat
est report from the cable office.
May Day dance, Saturday night,
8:30 o’clock. Admission 50 cents.
Odd Fellows hall, under auspices Aux
iliary; American Legion.
Rev. N. E. Long of Higham, Eng.,
beat up a local bully, who had insult
ed him on the street.
and J. C. Cunningham; for represen
tatives, Walter Fisher, Robert E.
Sheldon, H. A. Weir, Martin Knuppe
and Dan Callahan.
One senator and four representa
tives are to be elected from each
division.
TANANA, April 30. (JP)—The Ter
ritorial primary election returns from
the Fort Gibbon precinct, Fourth
division of Alaska; delegate to Con
gress on the republican ticket gave
Sutherland 305, McCain 6,; Territorial
representatives, Groves 23, Johnson
28, Oskey 24, Ulmer 20, Ross 28; dem
ocratic delegate to Congress, Adams 1.
1/iONEY APPROPRIATED FOR |
RIVERS, RARRORS WORK
WASHINGTON, April 30. (JP)—'The ■
War department announced allot
ments had been made totalling $45,
225,450.00 for river and harbor im
provements for the fiscal year begin
ning July 1, and including $175,000
for the Wrangell Barrows dredging
project.
DENIES DOPE IS USED
IN ALASKA CANNERIES
STATES EFFORTS TO PROVE IT
SO FAILED; JAPANESE POS
SESSED MUCH COCAINE
SEATTLE, April 30. (^—Deputy
Prosecutor Meacham, seeking con
viction of Y. Shimoaka for possession
of 5250 grains of cocaine, tried to
gain admissions from defense witnes
ses that narcotics are permitted in
Alaskan fish canneries to lure work
es northward.
Shimoaka was arrested on the
streets of Seattle last December and
federal agents and insppector claim
they found the largest single “haul”
of cocaine ever made in Seattle, se
creted in his armpit. He was for
merly a “straw boss” at the Bristol
bay plant of the Carlisle Packing Co.
B. A. Williams, its superintendent,
called as a character witness, told the
jury in Judge Findley’s court that he
had never heard of drugs being open
ly carried on “hell ships” or in the
canneries in the manner Meacham
described.
PASSENGERS AND CREW
SAVED FROM SHIP WRECK
TOKYO, April 30. (£>)—All aboard
the S. S. Chichibu Maru, including
233 fishermen and the crew of 36
were rescued from Paramussiru,
farthest north of the Kurile islands
by the S. S. Chichibu, a small steam
er in the crab canning industry. The
Chichibu Maru smashed upon the
rocks Tuesday en route to Kamchat
ka.
GIRL SCOUTS TO HIKE
The Girl Scouts of Seward met
Wednesday evening at the S. A. C.
hall for their regular weekly busi
ness meeting. Alaska’s flower, the
for-get-me-not, was selected as the
troop flower. It was decided if the
weather is good next Sunday, the
girls will go on a short hike out Ke
nai Lake road. After the business
meeting, Mrs. Barnett, captain of the
troop, gave a short and interesting
talk on the flag.
BARGE LOAD TIES ARRIVE
The S. S. Starr, Capt. O. A. Johan
sen, returned to port this morning
from Knights island with the barge
Lawrence in tow. The barge was
loaded down with a good sized ship
ment of fine looking ties for the Alas
ka Railroad. The ties are being dis
charged at the Seward wharf direct
ly onto the railroad flat cars.
JNABLE TO FLY OVER BROOKS
RANGE AVIATORS WEAVE
WAY THRU MOUNTAINS
NARROWLY AVERT DISASTER
Forced Turn Back Twice After Hop
off From Barrow, Account
Propellor, Clouds
NEW YORK, April 30. (£>)—Nana
station said Captain Wilkins will at
tempt to return to Fairbanks per
haps on Friday. Wilkins said he
reached Barrow on the same day he
left Fairbanks. Unable to reach 10,
000 feet altitude in going over Brooks
range the flyers weaved a passage
through the mountains in a heavy
fog. Once the swirls of mist clear
ed just in time to show a mountain
side ahead and at another time the
plane’s right landing wheel missed a
snow bank by inches. Ariving at
Barrow the radio failed to function
and storms held them there. They
attempted to hop off three times but
had to turn back twice on account of
a split propellor, and once by low
hanging clouds near Brooks. Wilkins
advised Major Lanphier not to leave
Fairbanks until he receives a favor
able weather report or unless the
Alaskan fails to return.
FRENCH REICH DERI
AGREEMENT WITHU. S,
PRES. COOLDIGE APPROVES SET
TLEMENT; WILL PAY $3,000,
000 FIRST TWO YEARS
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 30. (Jp)
—The American debt commission and
Ambassador Berenger yesterday ag
reed to settle the 4,25,000,000 French
war debt. France will pay 6,847,000,
000 over a 62 year period. President
Coolidge approved the settlement. The
payments will be 30,000,000 for the
first two years; 32,000,000 for the
next two years; 35,000,000 the fifth
year and an increase of 10,000,000
annually until the thirteenth year.
Ill CHINESE MUST
BROKE, HEAVY WAR LEW
SEATTLE, April 30. (IP)—T. A.
Davies, president of the Alaska Light
erage and Commercial company of
Nome, arrived yesterday from the
Orient. He said the rich Chinese of
Canton are almos penniless as the
result of the levy for Interior wars
of South China.
WATER SHUT-OFF NOTICE
Water will be shut off on First,
Second and Third streets tonight at
8 o’clock.