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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 274. SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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MOVIE PICTURE EXTRA. FOREST
HOPE WALL, SRIIMGS BREACH
PROMISE SUIT
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13. (^—Har
ry K. Thaw, made famous as the-re
sult of his lengthy and sensational j
■trial for the slaying of Stanford)
White many wears ago, was made j
defendant in a $100,000 breach ot |
promise suit brought by Forest Hope j
Wall, age 21, a onetime moving pic
ture film extra.
^ The suit accuses Thaw of being
involved in a California love affair j
in May, 1923, at a time vrhen court j
records show Thaw was an inmate I
of the Pennsylvania State hospital
for the insane except for occasional
visits to his mother. On these visits
newspaper records in the case i:adi
wr cated he returned promptly to the
institution and he was released in
April 1924.
The suit asks the money for a
broken heart following five evenings
spent with the man she declared was
Thaw, at Laguna Beach, Calif.
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SCENE OF WRECK
PASSENGERS TAKEN ON BOARD
LINER; DUE ARRIVE SEAT
TLE TONIGHT
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CAMPBELL RIVER. B. C., Dec. 13.
(#>)—The steamship Alameda left
last night for Seattle with 107 pas
sengers and part of fhe crew of the
S. S. Northwestern.
The passengers will arrive
Tuesday and proceed North again on
Thursday. Capt. Livingston and part
of the crew will remain aboard the
stranded vessel until final disposi
tion is determined.
The boat is partly fried with water
and may be a, total loss It is valued
at $750,000.
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BUILDING AT JIIH
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 1?>. ^—Car
rying an increase of more than $5„ j
000,000 over that provided by the j
House the first deficiency appropria-;
tion bill was reported to the Senate
by the Appropriation Committee. The
Senate increases included $50,000 for
the Federal building at Juneau.
ATTORNEY IS REMOVED
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 13. (/P)
President Coolidge has removed F.
Edward Mitchell as District Attorney j
of the Panama Canal Zone because of j
questions that arose over enforcement ;
of the National Prohibition Act.
PASSENGERS FROM
S. S. NORTHWESTERN
ARRIVE SEATTLE
i‘OFFICERS AND CREW PRAISED
BY PASSENGERS; PERSONAL
BELONGINGS LOST
SEATTLE, Dec. 13. (/FI—Bringing :
the 107 passengers and all but a few j
of the crew of the wrecked S. S. j
Northwestern the steamship Alameda
arrived from Campbell River.
The passengers were cheerful al
tho many of them lost personal be
longings in the wreck and in the con.
fusion of the rescue.
They were greeted by friends and
relatives who had bid them goodbye
i just a few days previously.
Officers and crew of the Northwest
ern and the Explorer are .highly
i praised.
*The passengers are staying at
| Seattle hotels today and tomorrow at
i the expense of the steamship com
pany.
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WEATHER CONDITIONS FORCE
ANIMALS TO COAST; ILL FED
AND THIN
JUNEAU, Dec. 13. (JP)—Deer are
starving in the northern sections of
Southeastern Alaska and will be led
|'by the Alaska Game Commission un
less weather conditions, which forc
ed them to the coast, moderates de
cidedly, Hugh Terhune announced.
The 100 deer have been not^fl
along the shore of Peril Strait, north
i ern Chichagoff Island, are thin and
| ill .fed, while the bucks are shed
ding horns a month early. Prepara
tions are being made to import dou
ble compressed alfalfa.
COLLECTS HIS TEETH
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VANCOUVER, B. C., Dec. 13. {IP)—
* A dentist who stops a patient on the
, street and takes his false teeth out of^
| his mouth is not guilty of, assault,
' under certain circumstances. A Van
1 couver dentist did it, declaring that
the patient was buying the teeth on
the installment plan and was in ar
rears on the last $10 payment. He
was acquitted.
ALL EGG ATI ON S HURLED AT OF.
FICIALS OF STATE; NATION.
AL GUARD CALLED
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 13. (<P)—
Bills of impeachment naming Gover
nor Henry Johnson and two other
State officials were voted on at 2
o’clock this mornng bv the Lower
; House In a self conveined secret ses
sion of the Legislature and given to
| the Board of Managers for presenta
! tion to the Senate session.
! The session was held in defiance
of national guardsmen mobilized by
! the Governor to prevent the Legis
lature from meeting ahvwhere in the
State. ; Unable to obtain 44 members
! necessary for a quorum, the House
I adjourned.
The first meeting, shortly after
! midnight, called for more members
and brought representatives from
their beds clad in nigh" clothes cu iiu
improvised hotel assembly room.
Meanwhile the national guardsmen
were sleeping in the State capitol.
Six charges were quick.v app.oved
against Johnston and -hr allegations
I included the charge of incmupetency
and were consolidated for presenta
tion to the Senate which declared it
self qualified to act as a court of
impeachment.
Representative Moon revealed
Chief Justice Fred Frans mi, of the
State Supreme Couvv was charged
with “corruption in ofl'it and Rep
resentative Graham announced alle
gations of irregularities <n handling
’ funds have been preferred against
Harry 15. Cordell, president of the
State Board of Agriculture ’’
Yesterday, national guardsmen
j standing armed at the doors of the
capitcl assembly rooms, prevented
| the legislators from meeting.
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FIVE CHILDHEN AXE
THEN HANGS SELF
DESPONDENT OVER FINANCIAL
LOSS AND FAMILY TROUBLE
WAS CAUSE
SENNESSEY, Okla., Dec. 13. (/P)~
^Philip Mi4s, a farmer, killed his wife
and five small children with an axe
then hanged himself from the barn
rafter.
Neighbors said he was despondent
over financial loss and family trou
ble and killed the family while they
wrere sleeping.
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$1.50 PER WORD
CHICAGO, Dec. 13. (/P)—< Mayor
Thompson's 100 percent American
history pamplet, compiled by Hart
Hanson, cost $1.50 a word. Hanson
was paid $3,500 for the 16 page book
let.
UNPLEASANT TALK
WIFE RUINED HIM
DECLARES DENNY
TALKED HIM OUT OF BUSINESS;
WILLING PAY HER $150 MONTH
KEEP AWAY
SEATTLE, Dec. 13. (£>)—Unending
and unpleasant talk coupled with.
his wife’s desire to live up to the
reputation of his family despite the
fact his income didn’t keep pace with
their social status caused a break in i
the martial relations of Merle Denny, j
scion of the old Seattle family, he |
testified^ in his suit for divorce.
His wife’s talk likewise is blamed
for driving him out of business and
into a position living on a salary of
$1$0 a month whidh he will pay his
wife as temporary alimony. He de
clared it was no means unusual for
his wife to keep him awake until 4
o’clock in the morning talking.
U. S. S. SACRAMENTO
LAIS FIELD GiS
PROTECT CITIZENS
ARMED LAUNCHES DISPATCHED
TO SUBURB OF CANTON BRING
BACK AMERICANS
SHANGHAI, Dec. 13. (/P)—'The
United States gunboat Sacramento
landed field guns at Canton to pro
I tect foreigners. The guns were tak
j an to the United States consulate.
American forces aided in the eva
cuation of the foreigners from the
Chinese sections which are controll
ed by Communists who ousted the
lafest Canton Dictator General Chang
Fak Wei.
Armed launches from the United
States gunboat Paippanga were sent
to Tungshaw, a suburb of Canton, to
bring Americans to safety^
QUICK-WITTED BOYS
BEVERLY, Mass., Dec. 13. (£»)—
When ammonia gas flooded a store
basement in which three men were !
working, two small boys, Hans St.
Linger and Owen Scott, smelled the
ammonia fums. They remembered
somewartime gas masks in their
homes, ran to get them, brought them
| back, and rescuers donned them and
i carried out hte three workers alive.
MEXICO CITY HAS
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i “GOODWILL” AMBASSADOR SUD
DENLY DECIDES TO START
ON LONG FLIGHT
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 13* (^—Col
onel Chas. A. Lindbergh hopped-off
at 12:29 this afternoon" in the “Spirit
of St. Louis" for a nonstop flight to
Mexico City which will take him over
! 2,000 miles of mountains, planes and
j valleys.
The youthful hero decided the time
and weather was right and announc- .
ed he was ready to go on the “Good
Will Errand" which is expected to
take 26 hours. He quietly studied the
weather and maps and his sudden an
nouncement surprised officials both
! in Washington and Mexico City. -
! He took no parachute but an army
j escort hurriedly prepared to accom
pany him to Richmond, Va.
! He reported he would fly S5 miles
! an hour at a 700 foot altitude. His
| plain failed in the first two attempt
fto take the air getting a..ay on .he *
\ third trip when it had traversed al
! most the entire field.
CLOSE TWO THOUSAND
SACHS PARCEL POST
ill SAID BE LOST
ALL REGISTERED MAIL SAVED;
SPECIAL SHIPMENT INTER
!OR LEAVING SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Dec. 13. (/P)—'The spec
ial sailing of the S. S Alameda has
been scheduled for Thursday with
duplicate orders, as far as has been,
possible, of all merchandise lost on
the S. S. Northwestern and a special
shipment of mail for the Interior
giving Alaska her annual Yule-tide
cheer from the Outside, despite the
wrecking of the Northwestern, w’hich
is practically all aground
The ship’s parcel post mail, con
sisting of 1,S99 pouches the total
cargo, wras destroyed by water. All
the registered mail vras saved.
TOMMY LHfl IS
LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMP
NEW YORK, Dec. 13. (£>)—Tommy
Laughran, sturdy young Philadel
phian, won general recognition as
light heavyweight champion of the
world by whipping Jimmy Slattery,
Buffalo dancing master, in a thrilling
10 round match.