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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 112. 7/
O-SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1927.
PRICE TEN CEN TS
BELLANCA MONOPLANE
CARRYING CHAMBERLIN
AND LEVINE TAKES AIR
MYSTERIOUS FLIGHT BEGINS ACROSS ATLANTIC
FOR UNNAMED DESTINATION—DRAMATIC MO
MENT WHEN PLANE SOARED ALOFT—MRS. LE
VINE DID NOT KNOW HUSBAND WAS GOING;
AGONIZED AMAZEMENT REGISTERED ON HER
COUNTENANCE AS LEVINE STEPPED ABRUPT
LY INTO PLANE—COLUMBIA REPORTED FLY
ING LOW OVER NOVA SCOTIA HOUR AND HALF
BEHIND LINDBERGH’S TIME
ROOSE\ ELT FIELD, June 4. (/P)—A mysterious
trans-Atlantic flight began here today. Seated side by
side in the Bellanca monoplane Columbia Clarence D.
Camberlin, holder of the world’s endurance record for
flying, and Charles A. Levine, managing director of the
Columbia Air Corporation, hopped off at 5 o’clock this
morning for an unnamed European destination, probably
Berlin. In a dramatic moment they soared aloft from the
runway, where Lindbergh began his epochal flight to
Paris. Levine wore an ordinary business suit and no hat.
Neither showed any emotion as thev prepared for the
flight.
OUTBOXES AND OUTPUNCHES
WELTERWEIGHT TITLE HOLD
ER-WON ON POINTS
NEW YORK. June 4. (/P)— Joe Dun
dee took the welterweight champion
ship of the world from Pete Latzo be-,
fore a howling crowd of 30,000, out- j
boxing and outpunching Latzo after a I
cautious start. Dundee piled up a
decisive margin on points and had the
champion in distress in the eleventh
round with a vicious attack which car
ried off the unanimous verdict of the
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two judges and the referee. Latzo’s 1
stamina was obviously weakened by j
the ordeal of making 147 pounds, the
weight and put up a game fight, but j
in the opinion of ringside critics Dun-!
dee carried off ten of the 15 rounds.!
GOLD FISH BUSINESS
WATTS, Calif., June 4 (/P)—A 50 | ;
foot backyard is a gold fish “factory” 1
for Mrs. Anna G. Gray, who once
kept a few pets in one glass bowl
and since her first experiment in *
breeding, has built up a market for
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12,000 gold fish, 130,000 snails and j
2.500 water lilies annually. £
■ -spectators standing about the plane
did not know who Chamberlin’s com
panion would really be until Levine
climbed into the cockpit. Chamber
lin’s wife stayed away from the field
so she would keep in mind pictures of
him she treasured, saying good-bye
to him at the hotel. When Levine
i stepped abruptly into the plane his
wife hurried forward in apparent sur
prise and stared after the plane in ag
onized amazement. “You ought to
be proud of him; he is a very brave
man.” said John Carcarisi, factory su
perintendent of the Columbia Aircraft
Corporation. She could not reply and
became hysterical. She was driven to
her hotel.
The destination of the plane was
not announced. Chamberlin may fiy to
Newfoundland and follow a great cir
cle in a proposed flight to break Lind
bergh’s long distance non-stop flight
record. They carried 55 gallons of
gasoline, enough to carry them more
than 4.000 miles.
NEARLY TOUCHED ROOFTOPS
YARMOUTH, N. S., June 4. (£>)—
The Columbia flew directly over Yar
mouth at 12:05 this afternoon, flying
rery low and nearly touched the tops
)f the houses. In the words of the
catchers she is upwards of an hour
>nd one-half behind Lindbergh’s'time
or the same distance.
TOKYO, June 4. (/P)—Police sta
ions in Japan are purified in advance
rith impressive ceremonies Shinto
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iriests are in charge and their ex
ortations are supposed to ward off
11 unpropitious devils.
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WAS FORMER CHAIRMAN ALASK/
DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COM
MITTEE
JUNEAU, June 4. UP)—Joseph Bax
ter. former chairman of the Alaska
Democratic central committee, died o
paralysis. He spent nearly 30 of his
74 years in Alaska. He was born ir
Boston and removed to San Franciscc
while a youth, where he lived until he
went to Nome. Later he went tc
Valdez where he lived 15 years, com
jing to Juneau ten years ago. A wife
jand son survive.
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I YOUNG AVIATOR WAVES FARE
WELL AS CRACK CRUISER
MEMPHIS DEPARTS
| CHERBOURG, June 4. (/P)—Bear
ing Lindebergh home the crack Ameri
can cruiser Memphis steamed out of
this port while the young aviator
waved a farewell to Europe that had
honored him so highly for the exploit
of spanning the Atlantic from New
York to Paris in a non-stop flight. The
Memphis sailed at 4:30 this after
noon.
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; SMOKE STACK RIFLE RANGE
| INDIANAPOLIS, June 4. (/Pi—A
j smoke stack placed on its «ide under
j the ground and opening into his
| basement, is the target range on
j which James Hurt, world champion
j indoor marksman, keeps in trim.
TO STOP HASTY MARRIAGES
LONDON, June 4. (/P)—The Jazz
age has jazzed up hasty marriages to
an alarming degree, in the eyes of
j Judge C, A. Cairns, a Thames police
! court magistrate, who is eager to es
tablish in England an advisory bu
reau for engaged couples.
SEN. DUNN TO MAKE SPEECH
Senator John W. Dunn, from the
second division, arrives from Seattle
this evening on the S. S. Alaska and
according to plans made known to- j
day intends to make a public speech
tomorrow with regards to the com
tioller bill which was defeated in the j
recent legislature. Definite plans
are not known at this time but it is
presumed if Senator Dunn does
speak tomorrow it will be at the
Liberty theatre, probably in the
ifternoon.
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! SUCCESSFUL SEUSOI
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SITKA. June 4. (TP)—Indian sealers
: are having one of the) most successful
| seasons ever experienced. They have
killed 424 adult seals and taken 3‘
unborn pups. Only 41 skins were
: taken last year.
BAB LISTING OF
MAIDEN VOYAGE OF NEW A. S. S.
LINER BREAKS SEASON’S PAS
SENGER RECORD
SEATTLE, June 4. (£>)—'The S. S.
Aleutian sailed at 9 o’clock and car
ried 322 passengers. Seward passen
gers include: J. Blakefield, Edward
Richter, R. Kranich, J. IT. Harrison
and wife, Mrs. W. I). Patterson and
two sons, H. T. Treen, Mrs. Ida
Wright, IT. Magdal and wife, Robert
Cranich, Arthur Frame, Mrs. W. F.
Rodginett, Chas. Weisenborn, Esther
Teicli, Miss N. Baxter, Harvey Armes,
Hubert Oliver, .Tack Mehalak and wife,
Lieut. J. R. Canfield and wife, Mrs. J.
; L. Meallin and daughter. Miss L.
Gergenheimer. Mrs. A. .T. Lewis and
daughter, Mrs. IT. C. Scott, Fay Lo
well, George A. Lockman and wife,
Mrs. M. F. Adams, C. Brown and wife.
Mother Ferrier, Sister Crescent, Sis
ter Margrilu, Anne Volkenand, G. H.
Pake, Miss Nell Singleton, Miss Lola
Cochrane, Rev. F. R. Keyes, Miss L.
Sloane, Miss N. Wilkinson, Mrs. S. W. j
Dunkel, Mrs. V. Kellie, wife and son,
W. Leichter and wife, C. Devoe. Wm.
Campbell. D. Callahan, Helen Devoe,
Miss G. Hanlen, George Selully, S.
Panotani, L. M. Anderson, C. S. How
ard, L. C. Doheny, J. Corson and
brother, G. N. Hartley, Miss J. Tee-j
pers, E. W. Mattex, H. Krieger, H.
Armes, and seven steerage.
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PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Oakland 11, Missions 9.
Sacramento 0, Hollywood 2.
Los Angeles 2, Seattle 4.
Seattle 6, Portland 12.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Detroit 3, New York 1.
Cleveland 3, Philadelphia 1.
Chicago 5, Boston 1.
St. Louis 8, Washington 4.
AMERICAN LEAGUE . -
Philadelphia 1, Pittsburg 11. <
New York 6, Cincinnati 0. i
Boston 5, Chicago 4. ' 1
St. Louis-Brooklyn—rain. ^ i
SILL AIDER KEPT
WIFE OF PIONEER
MRS. JOHN HALLUM RECOVERING
FROM HARROWING EXPERI
ENCE ONL EDGE
SAN FRANCISCO. June 4. (JP)— Mrs.
John Hallum, wife of a pioneer of
Alaska and locator of a group of
mines in Silver Bow Basin, is recov
ering from a harrowing experience,
having spent 18 hours on a narrow
ledge with only a small alder tree to
keep her from falling a hundred feet
into a canyon. She lost her way
climbing Mount Juneau and fell over
the cliff in the darkness.
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(MUTE OF ALASKA
COLLEGE IN SOW
At the fifth commencement excer
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j cises of the Alaska College, held last
Wednesday, John G. McCombe, from
Dorval, Quebec, and who arrived in
Seward last night from Fairbanks on
i route home, was one of the five
who graduated. He majored in geo
logy and mining, having come to the
college in its first year, after having
had some work at McGill University.
Since then lie spent a year Outside,
taking more work at McGill. In the
college he lias taken part in basket
ball and hockey, has been president
of the Mining Society manager of
the college play, and editor of the
Farthest-North Collegian, and has
served on a number of -student com
mittee.
FRENCH PLAN TO RAISE
PARIS, June 4. (/P)—Franee is
about to take a leaf from Alaska’s
book and raise raindeer for food.
The first herd has already been ship
ped Monnetier-Saleve, in the De
partment of Savoie, and others will
be experimented with in neighboring
Alpine districts.
The steadily rising cost of beef,
and mutton, caused by the domestic
shortage and the increasing necessi
ty of importing from abroad, induced
the experiment. It is pointed out
that reindeer can be grown on land
that is otherwise more or less unpro
ductive and that the cost of raising
is no more than for ordinary live
stock. Hotel proprietors in the
yps plan to use the growing rern
leer to amuse their guests in sleigh
•idiitg and "skijoring,” a form of
vinter sport that has grown greatly
n favor recently.