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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 200. SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
DEMPSEY SHOWS HIS !
WARES TO REPORTERS
REFEREE UNWED:
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HANDS SLEEP POTION TO SPAR.
RING MATE; BATTLE IS NEXT
THURSDAY
LINCOLN FIELD, 111., Sept. 16. (£>)
—In the cool of the evening to the ac
companyment of the booming flash
lights, Jack Dempsey boxed In the
«, presence of newspaper men for the
first time within a w'eek and sped
through six rounds of glove work and
knocked out one of his opponents,
Chirman Cightemer of Illinois.
The athletic committee said the
referee and two judges would not be
named until just before Dempsey and
the champion crawl into the ring one
week from last night. Thev said "a
X
number of referees will be asked to be
at the ringside but none know- which
will work the championship, battle.”
DISTRESS SIGNALS
FROM JAPAN SHIP
PICKED UP SEATTLE
TOSHIDA MARU, NO. I., IN TROU
BLE 1140 MILES OFF CAPE
FLATTERY
SEATTLE. Sept. 16. (^—Distress
signals from a vessel, believed to be
the Toshida Maru, No. 1, were picked
up by the Seattle Harbor radio. The
nature of the trouble it not known.
The ship’s position was given in the
shipping lane between Seattle jand
Japan about 1140 miles off Cape Flat
tery. The distress signals were plain
heard about 5 o’clock this morning,
three distinct SOS being intercepted.
The ship sailed from Everett on May
30 with a cargo of lumber for Japan.
m FSGTORIES
DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE SHIP
MENTS DIVERTED TO BRITISH
VESSELS
MANILA, Sept. 16. (/P)—Leading
cigar factories of the Philippines are
diverting their Shanghai shipments
from the Dollar Steamship Line, which
flys the American flag, to British ves
sels because the United States con
sul at Shanghai is not empowered to
prevent a collection of 50 per cent im
posed duty. The British consul at
Shanghai has been collecting the tax
but holds the money for return to the
treaties which imposed only a five per
shippers by virtue of former tariff
cent duty.
ADVANCE GUARD ARRIVE
PARIS, Sept. 16, (JP)_The advance
guard of Legionnaries for the Paris
% Convention of the American Legion
arrived today. There were 200, hail
ing chiefly from the Middle West.
Large crowds cheered them at St.
Lazare Station.
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OFF FOR WINDSOR
OLD ORCHARDS, Sept. 16. (JP)—'
With Windsor their home port, 700
miles distant, their destination, Schil-;
ler and Wood hopped from the beach '
at 9 o’clock this morning. They plan,
to make the flight without a stop.
STRANGE IMPULSE
OF FATHER LEADS
HIM TO KILL SON;
CALLS POLICE AFTER CHOKING
SON TO DEATH; HAD PLANN
ED TO KILL FAMILY
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 16. (£>)—A
strange impulse to kill is blamed by
Matt Minarich, age 48, for bis strangl
ing of his 11 year old son John. The
grief stricken father, arrested on the |
charge of murder, according to his j
own story, choked the boy despite his j
pleas for his life. The father sobbed
I when he stood beside the body with j
police officers whom he had called j
! following the slaying. He had quar- i
i reled w'ith the boy and had proceded
| with plans for the slaying of other j
members of his family. He is unable
i to explain his act.
ARE LEAGUE MEMBERS
GENEVA, Sept. 16. (£>)—Canada,
Cuba, and Finland were elected to a
{three year membership in the Nations
League Counsil which is now compos
ed of 14 members.
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SCAN WEATHER REPORTS
LONDON, Sept. 16. <vP)—Charles
i Levine, who shook Maurice Drouhin,
French flyer, by taking French leave
'in his plane last weefc from Lebour
jget, is scanning weather reports and
will hop off with Captain Hincholiffe,
| when they are favorable.
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TAKES OFF I OOP
IN PLANE PRINCESS XENIfA;
BLACK CAT CROSSES HIS
PATH; GOOD OMEN
DUBLIN, Sept. 16. (£>)—Capt. R. H.
Macintosh, in the plane Princess Xen
ia, hopped from Dublin for a trans
atlantic flight. The American plane
made a splendid take-off at 1:34 in the
afternoon. It carried a heavy load in
cluding 720 gallons of gasoline. Just
prior to taking-off Macintosh saw a
black cat which he picked up remark
ing this is certainly an omen of good
| luck. The plane carried a good sup
ply of food and water and Macintosh
! announced he would head for New
| foundland thence to New York. He
| expected to make the flight in 26
hours. His only companion is James
| Fitzmaurice, commandant of the Irish
I Free State Air Force.
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I ; •
STILL IN THE AIR
BELFAST, Sept. 16. {JP)—'The Prin
cess Xenia passed over Galway Bay
;<p.t 3:30 approximately 115 mile3 west!
I of Dublin.
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QUAKE ROCKS JAPAN
! TOKIO, Sept. 16. (£>)—A strong
earthquake was felt over a wide area
! in central Japan at 8 o’clock this eve
ning. It lasted several minutes. No
/casualties or reports of property dam
!age have been received here.
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IMPORTANT QUESTION
! BERLIN, Sept'. 16. —(/P)The ques
tion of retention or abolition of capi
tal punishment in Germany will be
one of the important deliberations of
'the sesson of the Reichstag.
LEGION LEADERS IN PARIS
PARIS, Sept. 16. (.dP)—General Per-!
shing and leaders of the American
Legion arrived in Paris at 4:40 this j
afternoon and were greeted at the
Invalides station by civil and military
notables.
EASTERN HOT SPELL
CITIES; MANY
PROSTRATIONS N. Y.
MERCURY SENT UP TO 102 IN
NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA,
OTHEflR LARGE CITIES
NEW YORK, Sept. 16. (£>)—'The hot
wave caused at least one death and
many prostrations in the east. After
causing scores of deaths the middle
west was given a short relief as the
mercury lowered to 90 degrees. New
Yorkers have reversed their complaint
against September of too much rain
and too little sunshine. The heat
broke all previous records for Sep
tember 15 in New York, Philadelphia
and other eastern cities sending the
mercury to 102.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Oakland, 4-1; San Francisco, 4.
Hollywood, nothing; Seattle, 5.
Sacramento, 11; Missions, 3.
L(* Angeles, 13; Portland, 1-4,
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston, 1; Pittburgh, 2.
New York, 11-5; St. Louis, 3-8.
j Brooklyn, Chicago, rain.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit, 6; Washington, 5.
Cleveland, 3; New York, 2.
Chicago, 4; Philadelphia, 5.
St. Louis, 2; Boton, 1.
Tie TAKES I
THREE PARTNERS, IS
EFFECTED,LAYOFF
APPEARS SOGGY AFTER LENGTHY
ABSENCE AND DISPLAYS LIT
TLE ENERGY
LAKEVILLE, 111., Sept. 16. (/?)—
Gene Tunney boxed three sparring
partners, two rounds which was his
first workout in three days. Tunney
was a bit soggy' after his lengthy lay
off and displayed little real energy
until he„threw gloves with his last
sparring mate, Billy Vidabeck. Gene
clinched a great deal to avoid the
straight right hand of Jackie Williams.
JURY RECdMMENDS LIFE IMPRIS
ONMENT FOR DOWILL’S PART
NER IN CRIME
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 15. (JF)—
Marlc^Dowiill was found guilty on first
decree murder in the slaying of police
man John J. Driscoll.* The verdict
carries a sentence of death. The jury
recommended life imprisonment for
Dowill’s partner in crime, Eugent Gen
tile. The jury refused to believe the
story of Frances Edison, Dowill’s mar
| ried sister, that it was she dressed in
her brother’s clothes who was with
l Gentile at the time of Jhe murder and
that her brother was not present.
"Every Man to his Game'"
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COQLiDGE'S WARNING
AMERICAN PEOPLE
IS INTERPRETED
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NO MORE LOANS TO FRANCE
UNTIL MELLON - BERENGER
DEBT PACT IS RATIFIED
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, Pres,
ident Coolidge’s warning to the Ameri
can people concerning international
debt cancellation is interprated also
as a w'arning to banker to negotiate
no more loans until France ratifies
the Mellon-Berenger war debt funds
pact. It is believed President Cool
idge has been informed that the house
of Morgan is preparing a $1,000,000
loan to France. President Coolidge is
said to be eager to have finis written
on the last of the unpaid war debt
when he quits the White House.
GOLD IS DISCOVERED
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 16. (IP)—Gold
discoveries ini large quantities has
been made in the Laguna Mountains,
San Diego County, by James B. Curr,
a superintendent for the Keys inter
est of Pennsylvania. Several sacks
of ore have been brought, but no
assay has been made.
POWER NOTICE
> Power will be shut off on Sunday
jtrom 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.
1 S. L. & P. CO.