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GLUME XXII. NUMBER 96.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEWARD. ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 12. 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
KILLED. 40 HURT
QUANTITY OF GASOLINE IN DRUG
STORE IGNITES — TERRIFIC
EXPLOSION
DALLAS. Texas. May 12. (JP)—Five
men and one woman were killed and
more than 40 injured in an explosion
which wrecked a two-story brick
building last night. The explosion oc
curred while firemen wrere fighting a
blaze in a drug store on the first floor.
Upward of 35 members of the Metro
politan lodge of Odd Fellows were as
sembled in a hall on the second flood,
and a dozen persons were in the drug
store. A quantity of gasoline ignited
and a terrific blast resulted. Persons
in the street were injured by flying
glass. Several of the injured are re
^ ported in a critical condition. A wo
man was killed when struck by a
brick as she sat in an automobile in
front of the store. Others were
crushed in the ruins.
MARK TRAIL FffliL
; TROOPS I MEXICO
DETERMINED TO QUELL DEPRE
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DATIONS OF YAQUIS IF CALLS
FOR EXTERMINATION
NOGALES, Ariz., May 12. <;P)—
Dangling bodies hanging front trees in
Sonora, Mexico, today offered grue
some testimony that Federal trope
were determined to exterminate if
necessary the Yaqui tribes in order tc
quell the depredations of the rebel
lious Indian warriors 15 miles below
the Mexican border. The bodies ol
eight Yaquis were said to be hanging
from one limb and other trees in the
same vicinity havebeen utilized for
the same purpose.
NOGALES. Ariz., May 12. (&)—
Thirty-seven Yaqui Indians of Mexico
w'ell armed but half starved and poor
ly clad, who surrendered last night 2a
miles west of here in Rear Valley tc
a United States border patrol, were
held at Camp Stephen while pending
investigation of their crossing the in
ternational .boundary line.
JIM oliilEt
■' CHAPLIN PLAGIARISM CASE
NEW YORK, May 12. UP)—Unable
to agree upon a verdict, the jury
which has been considering the $50,T
000 plagarism case in which Charlie
^ Chaplin is charged with having stolen
an idea for his film “Shoulder Arms,”
from a scenario 'written by Leo Loeb,
was discharged.
MYSTERY PARTLY SOLVED
LONDON, May 12. (/P)—England’s
trunk murder mystery was partly
solved by tlie police when the husband
identified the dismembered body as
his wife. Minnie Bannati. They had
been living ap?rt.
THE EASTERN COAST
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SAN FRANCISCO. May 12. (£>)—
The coast guard headquarters re
ceived definite word that the cutter
Bear would be retired this summer
and the steamer Northland will ar
rive here July 1 to replace her. The
Bear will be used as a receiving ship.
The Northland w*as recently commis
sioned at Newport News, Va.. She is
a 230-foot electric Diesel and sail powd
ered vessel and will carry a crew of
75. The vessel has reinforced bow
for breaking and has been strenu
! ously built to resist ice pressure. The
Northland will leave San, Francisco
for Alaska within a few* days after ar
riving here.
ARMY POST TO REMAIN '
SAN DIEGO. May 12. (TP)—Orders
for a new lease on the present site of
Camp Henan, the cavalry post at Inv
penal Beach, wrere issued yesterday
by General Summerall, chief of staff
of the army. This action assures the
retention of the military post.
ANCHORAGE STATION
CANNOT BROADCAST
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TIONS OUT OF BUSINESS FOR
NOT HAVING LICENSES
! WASHINGTON, May 12. (JP)—A
check of the Radio Commission’s re
■cords indicated that 681 broadcasting
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'stations are operating legally in the
United States under temporary per
mits. A list of 30 stations are defi
nitely out of business by reason oi
failure to apply .for license, including
KFQD, Anchorage.
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 12. (/P)—
: Rincon Hill district became the centre
| of a mysterious shooting last night
when an unidentified gunman terror
ized the neighborhood and riddled the
home of John J. Daly. Daly man
aged to escape from his home by a
rear door and flee before he was seen,
reports stated.
MRS. JESSIE ELLSWORTH
PISSES AWAY SEATTLE
AFTER EONS ILLNESS
‘ Though not entirely unexpected
;the news of the death of Mrs. Jessie
Ellsworth in the Riverton Sanitarium
•at Seattle yesterday afternoon at
i4:30 o’clock came as. a shock to local
friends. A telegram to Mrs. Merritt,
manager of the Ellsworth store, from
}Mr. Ellsworth, imparted the sad news
laud said further information as to
funeral arrangements would be sent
Hater.
! It was just two years ago last
month that Mrs. Ellsworth, was first
taken South and unnderwent an op
eration. Later Mr. Ellsworth took
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her South to California where some
1 months were spent and it was
'thought an improvement was noted,
j The following summer, last year,
Mrs. Ellsworth wanted to come back
jhome, to Seward, so Mr. Ellsworth
1 accompanied her home. She was
, convalesent throughout all last
summer and was taken South again
in a very enfeebled condition from
which she failed to recover.
Mrs. Ellsworth, though compara
tively young in years, was one of the
j few remaining pioneers of Seward
and the present modern building and
business was the result of her busi
ness ability she having begun in a
’moderate way many years aao.
She is survived by her husband,
and an only child, Mrs. Thelma Mc
1 Cutcheon.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 5, Brooklyn 7.
St. Louis 1, New York 10.
Chicago 2, Philadelphia 5.
Pittsburg 4, Boston 4. Called in
eighth on account of rain.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
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New York 4, St. Louis 2.
Washington 1, Chicago 4.
Philadelphia 3, Detroit 1.
j Boston-Cleveland—rain.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
! Seattle Hollywood 2.
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San Francisco 0. Oakland 3.
Portland 4, Missions 3.
Los Angeles 8. Sacramento 0. Elev
en innings.
THOUSANDS WITNESS BIG
FLORAL PAGEANT IN GAEIF
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! Crowds estimated at more than 200,
;000 persons witnessed the great floral
procession which, was brought to a
close yesterday afternoon. This was
San Jose’s fiesta de las rosas and the
150th anniversary celebration in sev
en divisions. The pageant of roses
and historical tableaux moved down
a lane between closely packed specta
tors from Santa Clara to San Jose, and
there through greater throngs, trav
ersed the business section of the city,
HUGE OPIUM DEN RAIDED
OAKLAND, Calif., May 12. (/P;—A
i huge opium den; situated in the best
residential district of Oakland, was
| raided. A girl and four men were ar-#
| rested.
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j APPROACHING FLOOD SIGNAL
FOR BOARDING CRUDE VES
SEL WHICH LEAKED
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MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 12. (iP)—Ex
horted by their parson a community
of negroes in the lowlands near Par
king, Ark., emulated the example of
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Noah whefl they heard the flood was
approaching and hastily built an
“Ark.” Into the crude vessel #they
crowded themselves and all worldly
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belongings, including chickens, dogs, j
cats, and mules. While they waited
for the flood they prayed and rejoiced.
The flood came, but the Ark refused to
float. Water poured in from a hun- i
dred leaks in the uncaulked hull. With
the flood a foot and a half deep on the
j floor of the flat-bottom craft its occu
i pants fled to the railway embank
I ment.
FRISCO BRIDGE SITE PICKED
! SAX FRANCISCO, May 12. (/P)—
Experts have picked the site of the
proposed bridge over San Francisco
Bay. It will run from Rincon Hill to
j Alameda. It is the first move to ob
| tain definite actibn to forward to
Washington for the War Department’s
approval.
MISTRIAL 1 CASE
HUGH DAUTREMONT
ACTION TAKEN FOLLOWING THE
DEATH OF JUROR — NEW
TRIAL IN FALL
JACKSONVILLE, Ore., May 12. (£>)
—Judge Thomas declared a mistrial
in the case of Hugh Dautremont, |
charged with the murder of Charles
Johnson in the Siskiyou mountain
train holdup in 1923. The action was
ta'ken following the death of Juror S.
W. Dunham. It is believed a new trial
will be delayed several months at
j least and will be called next fall.
HOPE IS ABANDONED
IN SEARCH FOR AIRMEN
BAKER, Senegal, May 12. (./P)—Hope
for the rescue of Captain Roman and
Mouneyres was virtually abandoned.
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Several vessels arriving here from Rio
where it was hoped the aviators might
have been forced down reported no
trace of the missing men.
CRUISERS THREAD ZIGZAG ROUTE
OVER ATLANTIC IN SEARCH
OF FRENCH PLANE
NEW YORK. May 12. (/P)—Word
came from Harbor Grace. N. F., that
the whirl of an airplane high overhead
in a fog was heard there last Mon
day morning, at the time when Nun
gesser and Coli were due over New
Foundland. Police patrols and woods
men are engaged in a search that will
carry them far into the forests and
wooded waterways that indent the
country. It may be days before the
hunt ' i3 concluded. The dwindling
hopes that the French aviators will
be found seem to rest on the New
Foundland search. Meanwhile nava!
vessels and coast guard patrols are
threading a zigzag course on the
western wastes of the Atlantic hunt
ing for the airmen, while the derigible
Los Angeles is waiting for better vis
ibility before joining in the search.
♦> i "if
Charles Lindbergs hopped off froir
St. Louis for New York. Lindberg?
is the only lone pilot entered in the
trans-Atlantic contest. All is in read
iness at Curtis Field for the start of
the Bellanca plane tomorrow.
Lindbergs started at San Diego
making his first hop to St. Louis.
SIX HUNDRED PERSONS WITHOU1
FOOD FOR THREE DAYS PRIS
ONERS ON LEVEE
NATCHEZ, Mis&s,, May 12. (/P)
Piling up disaster the rampant Mississ
ippy river yesterday bowled over the
crown of the main levee at Hare
Times Landing, which is located hal
way between Natchez and Vicksburg
Six hundred men and women are ma
rooned on a stretch of levee and the}
have not had anything to eat for three
days. A baby has been born to on*
of the women. With 25,000 homeless
and the flood still spreading, it is ex
pected that the list will be increasec
onto as much as 50.000.
Looting in some sections of tht
country is reported, although there i
no confirmation of the report. Dis
ease is breaking out in several sec
tions of the flooded area and it i
feared that an epidemic is approach
ing. The dikes at New Orleans art
reported to be holding.
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KILLED WHILE CLEANING GUN
DENVER, Colo., May 12. (£>)— Col
A.E. Humphries, multi-millionaire oi
magnate, was kolled while hhe was
cleaning a gun preparatory to leaving
on a hunting and fishing trip. The
gun exploded in his hands, the charge
striking him in the head, killing hin
instantly.