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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 271. SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9. 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
AMERICA’S “GOOD WILL" AMBAS
SADOR WILL HOP OFF FROM
WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. (^—Span
ning 2,000 air miles between the capi-j
tal of the United States and Mexico
may be the next international mis
sion undertaken by America’s Am
bassador of good will, Colonel
Charles A. Lindbergh.
A telegraphic invitation from Presi
dent Calles to make the flight reach
t %
ed the flier and he accepted. Altho
his plans have not been completed
Colonel Lindbergh said he wou’d not
necessarily attempt, a non-stop flight.
Colonel Lindbergh’s pie .eat intention
is to start from Washington, D. C.^
instead of New York and use the
“Spirit of St. Louis" T]v' date of
the start is undecided
JUROR IN FALL.SI NCLAIR OIL
CASE IN SECRET DISCUSSION
ATTORNEY
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. (/P)—Inti
mation that a bribe was offered Ed
ward Kidwell, juror in the Fall-Sin
clair oil case, was given out at the
District Attorney’s office.
Coincident with the conference
there Kidwell is said by the Dis
trict Attorney to have furnished
‘evidence of the greatest importance.”
Kidwell appeared voluntarily before i
the attorney and was closeted with
him sometime in a secret discussion.
CUHER UNALGA IS
SUED BY CAPTAIN P.
KEGAL, M. S. FUUUS
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COAST GUARD CUTTER CRASHES|
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INTO FURUS IN GETTING
LINE ABOARD
JUNEAU, Dec. 9. (^)-Fo'lowing
two hours hearing on li e case
.brought by Capt. Paul Keg;.!, owner
of the motorboat Furus against the
coast guard cutter Unalga, Ca[t. John
G. Berry, commandant of the North
western Division of the coast guard,
left for Seattle on the steamer Ad
miral Rogers.
The findings will be sent to Wa'h
ington with recommendations. The
Unalga crashed into the -Furus 7/h!]e
attempting to get a line aboard.
FAILS TO BREAK RECORD
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9. (/P)—
The “Spirit of California” landed
within a few hours after its hop off
yesterday abandoning the third at
tempt to break the world’s endur
ance flight record. A .broken gas
line was responsible for the difficul
1
ty.
HALF MILLION IS
OFFERED TO FIGHT
RETURN OF BOOZE
HEAD OF FIVE TEN CENT STORE
CHAIN STARTLES MEMBERS
MEETING
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. (JP)—S. S.
KreSge, Detroit 'head of the Kresge
chain of five and ten cent stores,
arose at a banquet windup of the
Ami-Saloon League convention, offer
ed $500,000 toward the new million
dollar fund to be used for prohibition
propaganda.
The announcement was unexpect
e dand startled all. After a prolong
ed silence the attendance broke forth
with wild pppause and cheers.
LO, THE POOR INDIAN
MUSKOGEE, Okla., Dec. 9. </P)—
Land unfit for agricultural purposes
and 'pronounced barren of minerals by
geologists, is being used for oil and
gas by the Indians of the Five Civi_
lized Tribes of Oklahoma. These In
dians are getting their first oil royal
ties from vast real estate holdings in
the eastern half of the State.
,w k£ADV FOR THE SiO RAGE.
V
IS LILLHHL
AND WILLIS BEACH
ARE FOUND GUILTY
JURY DELIBERATE
WIFE OF MURDER
WEEPS. VERDICT
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:< HOURS;
HO MAN
READ
MAYS LANDING, Dec. 9. V/P)—The
jury that deliberated for more than
23 hours convicted Marg.ire'’ Lillien
dahl and Wiliis Beach of voluntary
manslaughter i.i the killing of the
woman’s aged husband. Dr. A. Wil
liam Lilliendahl.
The women wept quietly as the
; jury foreman rendere! the verdict
which made her liable to a prison
sentence of not more than 10 years
i
or a fine not to exceed 51,000 or both.
Imposition of the sentence has been
delayed until Saturday.
BUSINESS SECTION OF
NOME ALMOST COES UP
• IN SMOKE AND FLAMES
NOME, Dec. 9. (/P>—The business
section of Nome escaped destruction
when flames, which broke out in the
motion picture projection room, shot
nearly across the street. The blaze
was extinguished with nominal loss
although the fire fighters were handi
capped by freezing temperatures.
REVOLT UNDER CONTROL
NEW YORK, Dec. 9. (^—Sup
pression of the revolt in Ukrain at
a cost of 5000 lives during three
months of bitter fighting, was report
ed in a coptright dispatch from Ki
shineff Bessarabia to the Times. The
dispatch told of massacres in the
streets of all classes of towns^
AMUNDSEN RESIGNS
MEMBERSHIP ROYAL
I
REFUSED TO WITHDRAW HIS
STATEMENT AND RESIGNA
TION FOLLOWED
LONDON, Dec. 9. (/P)—Ronald
Amundsen resigned his honorary cor
responding membership in the Royal
Geographic Society which reported
resignation follows correspondence
between the Soviet and Amundsen
regarding the allegation in the
i American Magazine that he was
' grossly insulted” by the late Lord
Curio n at a' society dinner i^ Lon
don. Amundsen refused to withdraw
his statement and his resignation fol
lowed.
CAUSE FOR SORROW
NEW YORK, Dec. 9. (JP)—Four
thousand cases of liquor, having a hol
iday value of $500,000^ were seized
when the coast guard cutter Gresham
took the British steam "trawler New
ton Bay in tow.
SONS, KILLS SELF
POLICE UNABLE TO GIVE ANY
REASON FOR TERRIBLE ACT
OF FATHER
PASADENA, Dec. 9. (/P)—Francis
Stevens, prominent local banker, shot
and killed his two .sons, George age
13 and Francis age 20. then ended his
fv;n life at a sanitarium in Lamanda
Park, a suburb.
Stevens killed the younger son oat
right and wounded the other so bad
«y he died an hour later in a Pasa
dena hospital. Stevens had taken
Gcoige to a sanitarium where Fran
cis was convalescing from an auto
mobile accident injury. After a short
ersation with the older boy tbe
latter shot him h e i killed himself.
Nearly an hour later police found
t’ -> body of the ’'ounge-r son in an
a 'omobile. The po iafter an in
vestigation, were unable to give any
r r son for Ste^o : ‘ a*d.
THIRTY FREEZE DEATH
BUMS SUITES
SHIPS FOUNDERING
TRAINS DELAYED, HIGHWAYS
| BLOCKED; SNOW PILED HIGH
THREE STATES
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CHICAGO, Dec. 9. CP)—More than
! 30 persons died in a sub-zero blast
j and blizzard which continued to fan
| from coast to coast. The high wind
piled snow high in Minnesota, Wis
consin and Iowa; delayed trains and
blocked highways. Authorities have
sent rescue boats scurrying along the
Great Lakes shores to aid crews of
foundering vessels.
IKE AMERICAN IS
j 100 YEARS lAGKWAflD
CHICAGO, Dec. 9. (/P)—According
to Professor Arthur H. Compton of the
University of Chicago co.winner of
the Nobel iprize in physics for his
work with the composition and theory
of ^-Rays the average American is
100 years behind the average Europ
ean in his knowledge and comprehen..
i sion of scientific facts.
BELIEVES IN UNIONS
LONDON, Dec. 9. (/P)—George
Bernard Shaw believes in trades un,
ions. He thinks clerks should organ,
ize into a big union to get results.
GRASS WIDOW MARRIES
RENO, Neev., Dec. 9. (JP)—Beryle
Curtis Ward, former wife of Walter
Ward, son of the multimillionaire
baking 'powder magnate, was married
to Lyle Anderson here.