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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 140. SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1927.
PRICE TEN
CENTS
MAURICE Dm TO |
FLY PLANE COLUMBIA
TO 0. S. FROM PARIS
THREE TIMES HELD WORLD’S
DURATION, FLIGHT RECORD;
IS 36 YEARS OLD
PARIS, July 8. (JP)—Levine an
nounced that Maurice Drousin, noted
long distance French flier, had been
selected to fly the Columbia to Amer
ica and accept Levine to go as a pas
senger. Levine, Drousin and Cham-!
berlin will fly to Croyden, England,
today, where Chamberlin will instruct
Drousin concerning the plane. Drou
sin does not speak English, and Le
vine cannot speak French. The capi
talist is carrying a pocket dictionary j
to carry on conversation. Drousin
has been planning a Paris to New ^
York flight a long time. Three times
■he held the world’s duration flight re
cord. He is 36 years old.
COLUMBIA ARRIVES IN LONDON
LONDON, July 8. (JP)—The trans
Atlantic monoplane Columbia, bearing
Chamberlin, Levine and Drousin, ar
rived here from Paris.
JIN D. ROCKEFELLER
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
NEW YORK, July 8. (/P)— John D.
Rockefeller, reputedly the richest man
in the world and ruler of the destinies
of the Standard Oil companies, cele- j
brated his SS»th bjirthday. He was !
born in an age when whale oil was1
the world’s illimunant. Rockefeller
lived to see bath-tubs, telegraph, tele
phones, electric light, motor cars, ra
dio and airplanes become integral
parts of American life.
ADDITIONAL AIRPLANE
FACTORY LOR SAN DIEGO
SAN DIEGO, July 8. (JP)—E. Cor
mack, business councellor, announced
last night that he has been retained
by local and eastern business inter
ests to arrange for an additional air
plane factory in San Diego. The
plans call for the building of planes,
a freight and passenger route, and a
school of flying instruction.
C0AAAAIINI5T RANKS SPLIT
MAT EXPEL TROTZKY
MOSCOW, July 8. (/P)—1The ques
tion of an opposition party in the
Communist ranks has been brought
to the fore by a report of the central
committee concluding that it has
been decided to raise the question of
the expulsion of Trotsky and Zino
vieff from the Central Control Com
mittee.
RESIGNS AS AMBASSADOR
RAPID CITY, S. D., July 8. (/P)—
Janies R. Sheffield gave his resigna
tion as Ambassador to Mexico to
President Coolidge.
SAN DIEGO CHOSEN FOR SITE OF
CO ORDINATED TRAINING TAC
TICS
SAN DIEGO, Calif., July 8. {&)—
San Diego this summer will witness
the greatest concentration of naval
air power that ever gathered here,
when all the flying units of the battle
fleet will gather for three months in
tensive training in co-ordinated tac
tics. Rear-Admiral J, M. Reeves, now
in Geneva as an American representa
tive at the naval conference, is ex
pected to return in time for this con
centration. In case of his absence,
Captain AlcCrary will be in command
of the air fleet units.
VESSEL IN NO DANGER
SEATTLE, July 8. (IP)— A Coast
Guard cutter here received a wireless
from the Algonquin saying that the
motorship Brower is in no danger and
in need of no assistance. She got off
the beach.
UUCE RECEPTOIN WILL
GREET HOMECOMING
NEW YORK, July 8. (/P)—A recep
tion rivaling that extended to Colonel
Charles Lindbergh awaits the 'five
American trans-Atlantic fliers from
France, Grover Whalen, chairman of
the Mayor’s reception committee said.
Definite announcement of the sailing
of the fliers for home is only needed
to set into action the welcome plans.
COLLECTOR THTEIIS
TO SELL COURT HOUSE
LAKEPORT, Calif., July 8. (/P)—
Threatened with a demand for the
sale of the courthouse property to
pay a delinquent street paving as
sessment, the Lake county Board of
Supervisors ‘ordered warrants drawn
payable to the tax collector.
EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY OF
TREATY OF VERSAILLES
BERLIN, July 8. (JP)—The German
Nationalists are calling a big meet
ing in Berlin to mourn over the
eighth aniversary of the signing of
the Versailles Treaty, but only a few
men and women have turned out to
hear the speakers, which includes
Von Tirpitz.
I
U. S. IS APPROACHING
STATE Of TYRANNY
GOVERNMENT IS NO LONGER THE
PROTECTOR OF INDIVIDUAL
RIGGHTS
FRENCH LICK SPRINGS, Ind.,
July 8. (/P)—The United States is pass
ing from a government of law to a
government of men and power that of
! ten approaches tyranny has been
i
vested in the Federal government,
Governor Albert C. Ritchie of Mary
land declared in an address before the
I I
\ Indiana State Bar Association.
“The government no longer is the
creature of individual rights but is
rapidly becoming a dictator of them,”
said Governor Ritchie “Local self
government furnishes the only effi
cient and effective workable basis on
which problems in our diversified
and charming land can ever be prac
1 tically settled,” he continued.
SCIENTIST, NOW TO WESTWARD,
DEVOTED LIFE TO STUDY OF
CRATERS
HILO, Hawaii, July 8. (/P)—Again ;
Pele, Hawaiian volcano goddess, start-!
ed erupting during the absence of Dr.
Thomas Jaggar, one of the world’s
most noted volcanologists, who de- j
i
voted his life study to the moods of
Kilauea and other Hawaiian craters.
Dr. Jaggar is in Alaska. He was in
New York in 1924 when Kiluea
broke out that year and was in the ;
Orient during a previous eruption. j
FORD ORDERS PAPER
i DISCONTINUE ITEMS
EXPRESSES REGRET FOR ANY IN
JURY CAUSED BY ARTICLES
IN INDEPENDENT
NEW YORK, July 8. (/P)—1The Am
erican, in a copyrighted article, says
I Henry Ford has ordered the Dearborn
Independent “to discontinue perma
nently all articles hostile to the Jew
ish people.” He has withdrawn from
the publication of the pamphlet in
which such items are being distribut
ed and signed a statement expressing
deep regret for any injury or hurt
caused by a series of disclosures.
' Hearst offered $1,000,000 for the Inde
pendent. Ford replied: “No, I won’t
sell it, but an going to make it a
house organ and I’m going to stop ab
solutely everything that could possibly
cause complaint or hurt the feelings
of anybody.”
YACHT ANSWERED S. O. S.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 8. (/P)—The
yacht Northern Light reported it had j
located the motorship Charles Brower I
by radio compass and found it to be in
no danger after steaming to its aid.
■lcIfeUe
CULMS DOWN AFTER
AMERICANS AND JAPANESE AP
PARENTLY MISUNDERSTOOD
BRITISH FIGURES
GENEVA, July 8. (/P)—Calm came
to the naval conference after yester
day’s hour’s storm with the British,
American and Japanese delegations
armed with pencils and trying to de
vise some solution for the cruiser prob
lem which threatened to break up the
conference. The British spokesman
said the Americans and Japanese ap
peared to misunderstand the British
figures; that agreement could be real
ized if everyone realized that Great
Britain does not intend to include in
projected programs the cruiser figures
shown, but only in ships actually ap
propriated for.
ADDING PLANE SERVICE
DECAR POINT, Ohio., July S.(/P)—
William P. McCracken, Jr., assistant
Secretary of Commerce for Aviation,
declared that five large railroads are
considering supplementing rail service
with air passenger service, and have [
been in conference with him, but noth-;
ing definite was decided.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 11, Philadelphia 4.
St. Louis 12, Boston 1.
Brooklyn 3, New York 2.
Chicago 2, Pittsburg 1.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 9, St. Louis 6.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Los Angeles 2, Hollywood 4.
Seattle 5, Missions 6.
San Francisco 1, Sacramento 8.
Portland 6, Oakland 7.
EAIEED TO DECLARE HER
BAGGAGE SO IS FINED
NEW YORK, July 8. {/?)—Mrs.
Fiske Warren, Boston society woman,
failed to declare all her baggage on
her recent return from Europe and
was later permitted to pay a $5,000
fine. Her friend, Miss Elanora Sears,
who had already been passed, wrote
a check which was accepted by Cus
tom officers and Mrs. Warren was
allowed to claim her gowns.
U. S. PLANS BUILD
CONFERENCE FAILS
AMERICA WILL MAKE NO SACRI
FICES NOT MET BY ENGLAND;
STAND IS FIRM
GENEVA, July 8. (£>)—'The British
delegation to the tri-party conference
for limitation of naval armaments re
ceived definite intimation that to avert
the biggest building program in his
tory by the United States, now is the
time to act. Britain must enter the
discussion on terms of the Coolidge
invitation, was made plain.
The stand taken by the American
delegation was so firm that no sur
prise would be felt if the new Ameri
can pronunciamento were forthcoming
from the President’s vacation resort.
Such word would point out, in reply
to repeated British declarations that
the present flurry was staged by Cool
idge on sentimental and political
grounds, that it had been difficult to
hold the big navy group in check at
the last session of Congress and there
was no telling how far Congress might
go, in the next session.
Meanwhile, word from Washington
told of a firmer tone for naval parity.
The delegates were instructed to
stand rigorously by the 5-5-3 ratio, for
all classes of ships. President Cool
idge is determined that this parity,
which was accepted unanimously by
the powers at_the Washington limita
tion conference in 1921 for capital
ships, is the essential thing that the
American government can approve,
in any treaty that may grow out of
the Geneva meeting.
PARIS, July 8. (/P)—Commander
Byrd told the Associated Press that
his plans for the next eight years were
for exploration from the air after a
trip to the South Pole. He plans an
aerial journey of exploration over Bra
zilian forests, a good-will trip around
South America and later another
flight over the Arabian desert.
FOR AIRSHIP DESIGN
WASHINGTON, July 8. (/P)—'The
Goodyear Tire and Rubber company
won the prize in the navy’s design
competition for a new airship of
6,788.000 cubic feet gas capacity.
The winning design is for a dirigible
capable of carrying five airplanes
and having a speed of SO miles per
hour.
DRIVERLESS AUTOS
PARIS, July 8. (/P)—Driverless au
tomobiles, controlled by wireless
waves, are soon to be demonstrated
publicly at a summer festival.