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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 284. SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24,1927. PRICE TEN CENTS
DM. WHICH HOPPED
OFF YESTERDAY, IS
MRS GRAYSON AND THREE MEN
BEGIN PROPOSED FLIGHT
CROYDON
NEW YORK, Dec. 24. (/P)—<Mrs.
Grayson failed to arrive two hours
after the time -set for her to reach
New Foundland. She undertook the
flight against hte advice of the weath
er bureau.
Dr. James Kimball, metropologist.
expressed slight hope for the air
plane for despite its pontoons it
could long withstand the buffeting
waves if it made a forced landing
during the night on the ocean.
WEATHER CONDITIONS BAD
ROOSEVELT FIELD, Dec. 24.‘ <£>)
—Heading into the north on the first
leg of what she hopes will be a
trans-Atlantic flight to Croydon, Eng.,
Mrs. Frances Grayson hopped off a
few minutes after 5 o’clock yester
day afternoon for Harbor Grace, New
foundland.
It was twilight when the . huge
plane “Dawn” was trundled to the
foot of the mound where mechanics
warmed its motors but darkness was
falling when the ship came down the
runway.
Eskar Gmdal, pilot and Brice Gold
borough, who accompanied Mrs.
Grayson on the futile attempt to
cross the ocean in October, and Fred
Koehler, a motor expert, are aboard
the plane with her. Omdal flew
across the pole with Amundsen.
iWONirciilED
WITH MISCONDUCT, GIRL
NEW YORK, Dec. *24. (/P)—Sebas
tion Kresge, millionaire department
store owner, was accused of being
philanderer, when attorneys for Mrs
Doris Mercier Kresge argued notior
for $25,000 counsel fees. Attorney*
said Mrs. Kresge, in her divorce suii
would show her husband was guiltj
of misconduct with Gladys Ad eh
Fish.
ALASKA SIS NORTH
WITH SI PASSENGER!
SEATTLE, Dec. 24. (&)--The S. S
Alaska, of the A. S. S. Co., saile<
at 9 o’clock to. ^carrying 51 pas
sengers. The Se j list of reser
■‘ns iclude: Ifetchler, Mis:
* (* ' ^ , !
v.od ti
u
McCord
Merry Xmas!
THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS
Throughout the civilized world today the child
* heart pulsates under the sweetest fiction
ever promulgated by man—the arrival tonight
of Santa Claus with his reindeer-drawn sled,
laden with treasured gifts. And the child
heart will not beat alone, for there are memor
ies of the now grown-up children which will
steal forth from the past and parade in all the
vividness of the happy hours when Christmas
brought them the same anticipations and fanci
ful dreams. To those who wish to travel back
further along the roads of time there comes
the consciousness of the full significance of this
day which marks the coming of the great Law
Giver upon whose precepts and undying philo
sophies the world has been stimulated to its
present epoch of greatness, with the golden
thread of these laws interwoven thruout the
fabric of our material and spiritual well-being.
There is a Santa Claus—a subtle something
nominated by modern nomenclature as psy
chology. We prefered to call it by its more gen
erally understood and appreciated name—spir
itual manifestation which, under the influences
of the festivities attendant upon celebrating the
birth of the Savior, creeps into every heart and
brings warmth and joy.
in wit
KEN WILLIAMS SOLD 10
THE BOSTON RED SOU
NEW YORK, Dec. 24. (/P) Tlie
!
[ I 8£*le of Ken Williams, of St. Louis
Americans, to Boston Red Sox loi
a sum reported to be $10,000, was
the most important transaction of
} the baseball conference. Williams
’ and Sisler formed the backbone of
> last year’s team which finished far
, down in the race and whose owner,
, Phil Ball, Is scrapping. St. Louis
' {* ... . ...
ationals bought catcher Frank f&ib
I
FAILS HEAR WHISTLE SO
I IS NOW AT SUFIC
'
i NT3W YORK, Dec. 24. (JP)—R<
i
mance is wrapped up with this voi
| age of the steamship Paris. Mr
Patricia Wood, who boarded the bo;
to say good-bye to Charles Beldei
her l'iance who was sailing ft
France with his mother, did not he?
the final call for visitors to leav
boat and as a result is a trans-A
lantic passenger without a passpor
unless she is dropped off .with tfc
rttlAf n + A m K yv\ a cv T ItrVi't:
HICKMAN DENIES IN l
SULLEN UNDERTONES
MURDERED IRIAN
INFORMED THAT HIS PARTNER
CRAMER IN JAIL; SHAKENED
MOMENTARILY
PENDLETON, Ore., Dec. 24. (/P)— I
His eyes red hdded and overcast by <
shadows, his mouth drawn from six 1
| sleepless days and nights as fled the I
law, Hickman denies in sullen mono
tones he is the murderer and only s
for the /briefest, instant did Hickman
hesitate when confronted with the
news 'the man he is alleged to know .;
as Cramer is confined in jail. “Well,
thi3 must be some trick by the man
know was Cramer to get me in bad,”
he. said. .“Perhaps he thought this
would do for me for a long time. I
only knew him by the name of Cram
er. Perhaps he used an assumed
name in order to double cross me.”
Los Angeles authorities expect to
reach Pendleton late tonight when
they will decide what to do with the
\ prisoner. k
EILESBN IN SEATTLE
I PERFECTING PLANS
\
iCAPTAlN WILKINS AND EILESON;
WILL LEAVE SEATTLE IN
FEBRUARY
I i
j SEATTLE, Dec. 24. (JP)—Carl B.j
Eileson is here to perfect plans for j
§
the proposed Arctic flight in Febru
! ary. Captain Wilkins and Lieut.
I
I Eilesen expect to leave Seattle on
j February 11 to complete charting the
! unknown regons adjacent to the Arc-j
tic.
Eileson plans to inspect the new j
Vega plane which ha3 been in con-:
struction n Portland and the plane j
1 will be shpped to Point Barrow j
, where the flight is scheduled to start!
i
i from.
E IGAIN HULTED SEAS
PROVINCETOWN, Dec. 24. . (/P)—A;
40 mile wind kicked up high. seas
about the salvaged fleet at the scene
T.
of the sinking of the submarine S-4
Diving operations were suspended«for!
the time being. Divers yesterday got!
a line under o£e end of the submar
ine.
CAPTURES HANDICAP
NEW ORLEANS,’ Dc. 24.
Orestes, 2nd, ran in front
way to capture the Mandevi!
cap teatur#. race, at Jeff
trark
Mil Mia Ml
PORTIERS PISS, B. C.
REFLOATS HERSELF
VESSEL ORDERED TO NANAIMO
FOR SURVEY OF DAMAGE;
CAUSE UNKNOWN
SEATTLE, Dec. 24. (/p)—The 8. S.
^akina, of the Alaska Steamship Co*
sarly today refloated herself thru
ler own power a few hours after
jong aground in Fortiers Pass, B. C.t
lashing SOS from the vessel were
;ent during that period.
The vessel left Seattle on Tuesday
or Alaska and stranded amidsfcip
juvW.y after it left Ladysmith where
it took on coal for Alaska! ports.
The vessel has been ordered into
Nanaimo for a survey of the da vage.
Steamship officials said she v,.*, not
leaking.
The Lakina carried no pa igers
but had a crew of 25. The caose of
grounding is not known. . ,
TERRIS WHIPS McGRAW
NEW YORK, Dec. 24. (JP)—Sid
Terris whipped Phi? McGraw of De
it a slashing1 -4L0 round battle
hat featured an all-lightweight card
in Madison Square Garden.
EDITOR SUES HEARST
LIBEL MICTION
DEMANDS $500,000 FOR ALLEGED
FALSE STATEMENT PAY.
MENT FOR WORK
NEW YORK, Dec. 24. (/P)--Dr.
Ernest Gruening, editor of the Port
land Maine Evening News, whose
name was mentioned in one of a
series of alleged disclosures concern,
ing Mexico published in Hearst news
papers, brought suit for libel in which
damages of $500,000 are demanded
The New York American, William
Randolph Hearst, Arthur Brisbane
and the editor and managing editor
were named defendants. The article'
in question was the alleged order to
pay Gruening for work for the Mexi
can government in England.
APPROVES SELECTION
LONDON, Dec. 24. (JP)—King
George approved the election of
James McNeill to succt~d Timothy
Hearly as Governor-General of the
.Irish Free State. Hearly resigned
after appointment of successor.
NFW CRICKET RECORD
LO* T Dec. 24. (?P)—The worlds
crick i been es